Notably , Pearl Harbor .
The Kure Naval District was the main Japanese naval base and HQ of the Imperial Japanese Navy.
While it did not start WW2, the Japanese attack on the US Naval Base at Pearl Harbor in Oahu, Hawaii, was the impetus for the official entry of the United States into WW2.
The Japanese attack on the US Naval base at Pearl Harbour (December 1941).
December 1941
Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii naval base on 07 Dec 1941
December 7, 1941
* Japanese Attack on US naval base at Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941.
In the context of World War II, the naval station in the Hawaiian Islands of greatest importance would be Pearl Harbor. Located just west of Honolulu, this base was the site of a surprise-attack by Japanese air forces on December 7, 1941.
The Japanese response to Roosevelt's actions, such as imposing economic sanctions and freezing Japanese assets, was to plan and execute a surprise attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. This attack led to the United States' entry into World War II.
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The Japanese bombing attack on the Pearl Harbour Naval Base t
Operation Hailstone was a massive naval air and surface attack launched on 17 and 18 February, 1944, during World War II by the United States Navy against the Japanese naval and air base at Truk in the Caroline Islands, a pre-war Japanese territory.