Pearl Harbor is the home of a United States naval base. It is located on the south side of the Hawaiian island of Oahu. On the date of December 7, 1941, the Japanese attacked the United States naval base; Pearl Harbor. This attack brought us into World War Two.
Above is a picture of the USS Shaw exploding during the attack.
The attack started at 7:55 AM, and lasted 110 minutes, or one hour and 50 minutes. A total of 2,335 service men were killed, and another 1143 injured. There was a total of 68 civilians killed, and another 35 injured. There is a conspiracy that FDR knew about the attack. The conspiracy claimed FDR wanted the Japanese pull the United States into World War Two.
The picture above is of a newspaper anouncement, telling that Pearl Harbor was attacked.
Many service men were in their pajamas or eating breakfast when the attack began. The Japanese sunk six out of eight battleships, but did damage to all of them. The Arizona and Oklahoma were able to return to active duty. Unable to scramble very many planes, the service men tried shooting down the planes from the ground.
Sources:
http://history1900s.about.com/od/Pearl-Harbor/a/Pearl-Harbor-Facts.htm
and
http://blogs.thetimes-tribune.com/pages/index.php/tag/pearl-harbor/
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