The attack on Pearl Harbor occurred on December 7, 1941.
As of August 16, 2011, it has been almost 70 years since the Pearl Harbor attack occurred on December 7, 1941.
67 Years ago
No, the A-Bomb attack on Hiroshima was done to shock the Japanese leaders into surrender to end the war that Japan started more than three years earlier with the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
They trained for years to fight and to use planes for attacks. They had been fighting for many years before that attack.
December 7, 1941 was Pearl Harbor.
The attack on Pearl Harbor happened on Dec. 7, 1941. From 2011, that's 70 years ago.
The first serious plans and preparations for the actual attack began in January 1941. A hypothetical attack on the Pearl Harbor base had been on the exams given at the Japanese Naval Academy for years though. Both Japanese and Americans thought an attack on Pearl Harbor was not feasible because the torpedoes dropped from bomber ran too deep after dropping and would get stuck in the bottom of the harbor, a problem which Japan solved by practicing extreme low-level drops and fitting the torpedoes with wooden fins for extra buoyancy.
4 years
Depending on how the wording of this question is interpreted:Franklin Delano Roosevelt was president for the four years after the Pearl Harbour attack.Richard Milhouse Nixon became the president about four years after the Pearl Harbour attack.
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No, the A-Bomb attack on Hiroshima was done to shock the Japanese leaders into surrender to end the war that Japan started more than three years earlier with the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
They trained for years to fight and to use planes for attacks. They had been fighting for many years before that attack.
Pearl Harbour attack was December, 1941. War ended in November 1945, so almost four.
The Attack on Pearl Harbor started WWII for the Americans but it was already going in Europe for several years. After the attack the Unites States declared war on Japan and Germany bringing the U.S. into the war.
Japan sent men posing as tourists to Hawaii who took photos and took notes on the activities in and around Pearl Harbor over the course of a couple years.
December 7, 1941 was Pearl Harbor.
China. Japan invaded China in 1937.
WWII had been going on in the Pacific for 4 years and in Europe for 2 years before the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. This marked the US entry into the war. The US government had reason to believe that the Japanese might attack US interests in the Pacific at some point, but because of the distance between the Japanese islands and Hawaii, they did not expect an attack at Pearl Harbor.
George Washington died in 1799. Pearl Harbor was attacked in 1941, when Washington had been dead for 142 years. Pearl Harbor was not attacked with nuclear weapons, since they did not exist in 1941. You need to pay attention in History class.