“A day which will live in infamy”
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“A day which will live in infamy”
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• Hideki Tojo became the prime minister of Japan on 16th October 1941. Tojo was in command of the Japanese military also, and so was the virtual dictator of Japan.
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He decided that it was in their best interest to attack the US’ Pacific Fleet so that they could take over Indonesia and Burma for their oil.
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On December 7th, 1941, A surprise attack was launched by the Japanese Admiral Yamamoto on the American naval base at Pearl Harbor. The Americans had heard about the attack from encrypting a message, but they did not know when or where it would come.
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Japanese representatives were in Washington negotiating with the United States.
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In two hours, 2400 Americans were killed, 18 ships were sunk or damaged, including 8 battle ships.
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Roosevelt described the date as “a day which will live in infamy.”
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After bombing Pearl Harbor, the Japanese seized Guam and Wake Island.
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After the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hitler honored a pact with Japan and declared war on the United States. The debates over isolationism in the United States were over. World War II was now a true world war, and the United States was fully involved.
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The United States government and all Americans mobilized to prepare for war.