dec 7, 1941 - Attack on Pearl Harbor

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"A day which will live in infamy," the Japanese launch a surprise military strike on the Pearl Harbor naval base in Hawaii, killing over 2000 people. The attack is launched to keep the US from interfering in Japanese Pacific warfare. Instead, it goads the US into declaring war on Japan the very next day, and the country formally joins the war against the Axis Powers.

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