Well, lets see. Obviously the attack on Pearl Harbor was on December 7, 1941. It was an unannouced attack on the United States naval base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii by the Japan Navy. This attack was the whole reason the United States even took part in World War II. The Japanese pretty much did this as a defense so the United States wasnt so powerfull if they came into the war eventually. 188 United States aircrafts were destroyed, 2,402 people were killed and 1,282 wounded.
The Japanese navy was under command of Admiral Nagumo. The first attack wave was at about 6 in the morning and at about 7:15 a.m. the second attack wave hit. The first attack wave was aimed at airfields and battleships and the second wave aims at other ships and shipyards. Over all, the Japenese did not lose near as much as the United States did. The Japanese only failed to bring home less than ten percent of the attacking forces.
The next day, the 8th, the United States and Britain declare war on Japan and as FDR said, "Yesterday, December 7, 1941 — a date which will live in infamy — the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by the naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan." Then on the 11th, Nazi Germany and Italy quickly declared war on the United States. The Japanese werent completely successful with this attack, because they failed on destroying the American aircraft carriers. The Japanese also forgot to damage the shoreside facilities at the Pearl Harbor Naval Base, which came to be very important in the Allied's victory in World War II. This attack made the United States really think how powerfull the dictators of the Axis powers could become to be.
http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq66-1.htm
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