Eighty years ago today, the Japanese Navy attacked Pearl Harbor without first declaring war.
"Mr. Vice President, and Mr. Speaker, and Members of the Senate and House of Representatives: YESTERDAY, December 7, 1941 a date which will live in infamy the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan." ~ President Franklin D. Roosevelt, speech to joint session fo Congress, 8 December 1941.
They Japanese ruled the Pacific through the winter of '41-'42. However, in early June, 1942, The U.S. Navy decimated the Japanese fleet at Midway, sinking 4 crusiers. The Japnese Navy never recovered from that.
USS Arizona
7 December 1941
USS Arizona Memorial
Here's a good explanation of what went wrong on the U.S. side.
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