pearl harbor
- They wanted to attack the US Naval Base in Hawaii
- Japanes Failures:
- Oil depots weren´t destroyed
- Aircraft carriers were absent
- Submarine pens were not destroyed
- Dec.7, 1941 – Attack on US Naval Base in Hawaii
- Not intended to put USA into war
- They thought U.S would be too “soft” to reclaim that territory
- Objective: sink and immobilize U.S. battleships and carriers
•Eight battleships were damaged, two were lost and three were absent during the raid.
•It almost succeeded
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