Early on December 7, 1941, citizens and servicemembers alike in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, faced terror as Japanese planes rained fire on the island in a stunning surprise attack. with the signing of the Reciprocity Treaty of 1875.
It was often visited by the Naval fleet of the United States, before it was acquired from the Hawaiian Kingdom by the U.S. Pearl Harbor is an American lagoon harbor on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, west of Honolulu. At the Pearl Harbor National Memorial, learn about one of the most pivotal moments in US history: the attack on Pearl Harbor, and the subsequent entry of the United States into World War II.
The strike climaxed a decade of worsening relations between the United States and Japan. naval base at Pearl Harbor on Oahu Island, Hawaii, by the Japanese that precipitated the entry of the United States into World War II. The day after the attack, President Franklin D … Pearl Harbor attack, (December 7, 1941), surprise aerial attack on the U.S. naval base near Honolulu, Hawaii, was the scene of a devastating surprise attack by Japanese forces on December 7, 1941. (local time) on Sunday, December 7, 1941. The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service upon the United States against the American naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii, just before 8:00 a.m.
