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Pearl Harbor was a major US Naval base in the Pacific. It was the location of most of the US Pacific Fleet and all of the capital ships were in port and tied up that morning. It was a sneak attack of a US naval base and not a fight. A fight is when both sides have a chance to defend themselves , but the men at Pearl had little chance for defense. The Japanese attacked at 8 AM on a Sunday morning while most of them were still asleep.

The US suffered devastating losses, but were able to shoot down 29 Japanese aircraft and sink 4 mini-submarines.

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