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Pearl Harbor: “A Day That Will Live in Infamy”

Pearl Harbor: “A Day That Will Live in Infamy”. December 7, 1941. At 7:55 a.m. on Sunday, December 7, 1941, 353 Japanese planes launched a surprise attack on the American naval base at Pearl Harbor. Surprise?.

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Pearl Harbor: “A Day That Will Live in Infamy”

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  1. Pearl Harbor: “A Day That Will Live in Infamy”

  2. December 7, 1941 At 7:55 a.m. on Sunday, December 7, 1941, 353 Japanese planes launched a surprise attack on the American naval base at Pearl Harbor.

  3. Surprise? An American cryptologist (decoder) intercepted a Japanese message asking about American fleet movement out of Pearl Harbor 2 days prior to the attack. Ignored Early on December 7, a radar operator noticed a large group of planes heading towards Pearl Harbor Ignored

  4. Why?

  5. The Aftermath

  6. 2,403 US Personnel killed • 68 Civilians killed • 19 Navy ships destroyed or damaged (including 8 battleships) • All 4 aircraft carriers survived (had set out to sea on a test-run earlier that morning and weren’t discovered by the Japanese)

  7. Declaration of War On December 8, FDR asked Congress for a declaration of war against Japan in what would become one of the most famous speeches in American history. The United States officially declared war on Japan on December 11, 1941.

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