The attack on Pearl Harbor happened on Dec. 7, 1941. From 2011, that's 70 years ago.
4 years
not long
It took 3 days until we declared war onto Japan for bombing Pearl Harbor.
the pearl harbor attacks occurred all throughout 1941, but even before that, it started after japan invaded Manchuria.
With economic embargoes the US was pressuring Japan to stop aggressive military expansion in China, and in Japan no measures short of war were seen as available. Admiral Yamamoto had been to the US and knew that US war production would overwhelm Japan in a long war. Yet, Yamamoto was also a gambler, and he knew that Japan could beat the US in a short war by knocking out the US carriers at Pearl Harbor, and leaving the IJN to quickly defeat the USN in a duel of battleships. Militarily it was a sound plan, but unfortunately for Japan the Pearl Harbor attack backfired for several other reasons, and it became a long war in which the US held the best cards.
4 years
not long
It took 3 days until we declared war onto Japan for bombing Pearl Harbor.
the pearl harbor attacks occurred all throughout 1941, but even before that, it started after japan invaded Manchuria.
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They choose to do attack pearl harbor at 7:55 am on a Sunday because the knew that the Americans would be recovering from a long drunk night. And that they would not be ready to fight and protect the ships that japan planned on destroying.
With economic embargoes the US was pressuring Japan to stop aggressive military expansion in China, and in Japan no measures short of war were seen as available. Admiral Yamamoto had been to the US and knew that US war production would overwhelm Japan in a long war. Yet, Yamamoto was also a gambler, and he knew that Japan could beat the US in a short war by knocking out the US carriers at Pearl Harbor, and leaving the IJN to quickly defeat the USN in a duel of battleships. Militarily it was a sound plan, but unfortunately for Japan the Pearl Harbor attack backfired for several other reasons, and it became a long war in which the US held the best cards.
No. From what I know, Adolf Hitler did not have anything to do with Pearl Harbor except for the fact that he is one of the causes of World War II which then caused the Japanese to attack us with a long history behind it. Did_Hitler_have_anything_to_do_with_the_attack_at_Pearl_Harbor
Desperate to offset their rapidly burgeoning population, and intent on getting hold of many valuable resources, Japan infamously conquered the north-east Chinese region of Manchuria prior to WW2. This could be seen by many historians as the end of the League of Nations, and the true start of the war.
It takes about 41 minutes long to get from Honolulu to Pearl Harbor. The actual distance by road is 24.1 miles.
It didn't. Japan existed long before the atomic bomb
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