Pearl Harbor

Pearl Harbor was an attack by Japanese that took place on December 7 in 1941. Between Japan and the United States, there had been some differences. U.S. had stopped sending supplies over to Japan because they had started attacking and invading other countries.

Until the attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States thought their status with Japan was in decent terms. Japan had been "lying" and making up false statements that would make the U.S. believe things were different. Instead of Japan attacking the United States, the United States figured Japan would attack the Phillipines before attacking them. Japan wanted to get back on the U.S. for the supply situation. So, on the morning of December 7, 183 planes containing a mass amount of weapons, were on a mission. That was the first wave of planes. After the first wave completed their job, the second wave was on it's way to demolish anything that was still standing.

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http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/timeline/pearl.htm

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