the US attacked the off shore mainly with ships and artillery on the shorelines for the first part.
The attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. The "Battle of Pearl Harbor."
PH was first.
Pearl Harbor is generally regarded as an extraordinary event in American history, remembered as the first time that the America attack by the other country…JAPAN. It has become synonymous with "surprise attack" ever since in the U.S. Unfortunately, the mistakes of intelligence collection, sharing, and analysis leading to the Japanese success at Pearl Harbor did not, in the end, lead to lessons.
The surprise attack on Christmas night 1776 was the first major victory by the colonial army headed y George Washington. The group of troops from Trenton , NJ surprised the Hessian forces who were groggy after the Christmas celebrations.
First Battle of Sacket's Harbor happened on 1812-07-19.
First Battle of Charleston Harbor happened on 1863-04-07.
First Battle of Tripoli Harbor happened on 1802-05-16.
The first Battle of the Philippines & the Battle of Wake Island were BOTH begun on December 8, 1941 (coinciding with the Pearl Harbor attack on December 7, 1941).
The first battle for the US was Pearl Harbor.
Although Japan had been fighting the Chinese in China since 1931, it was on December 7th 1941 that this war grew into a World War. On that date Japanese forces surprise attacked several targets belonging to Western powers. Pearl Harbor in Hawaii was one of these but the very first attack was made against the British Malayan base of Kota Bharu. This attack occurred seventy minutes in real time before the Pearl Harbor raid with the battle lasting several days before British forces withdrew.
The first major battle was pearl harbor when japan attacked
The USS ward was the ship that fired the first American shots during the attack on Peal Harbor