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Japan won in short term but lost in long term

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The Japanese considered the surprise attack on Pearl Harbour successful

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The message to the congress was under 500 words.

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Some damage could not be seen properly from the inside the planes

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Shock waves were felt in the plane

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But no one believed that the Japanese would start that war with an attack on American territory.

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The attack was considered a Pyrrhic Victory

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There was too much smoke and Japanese pilots had trouble seeing targets

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No enemie fighters were in the air

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Was in chaos on the day of the attack.

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Some sailors were so desperate to get off the ships, they jumped into water covered by burning oil

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Almost 2,500 men died and 1000 were injured from the US fleet

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The soldiers jumped overboard into the water to escape the boats that were being bombed.

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The main target, the aircraft carriers, had left the day before the attack

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The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Japanese Air Service against the United States

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Attack started when first bomb fell on Wheeler Field

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Japanese attack wave formation

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The attack was a surprise and was unprovoked

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Within minutes the ship sinks to the bottom with 1,300 lives with it

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The battleships moored along "Battleship Row" were the primary target of the attack's first wave.

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The Japanese hoped to bomb the us carries

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Specially designed them for shallow waters

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The explosion ripped the ships sides open like a tin can starting a fire that engulfs the entire ship.

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Within a year, the allies defeated Japan at the Battle of Midway.

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The battleships were counted and all eight were there

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The United States of America's Retaliation

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The United States of America's Retaliation

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They first bombed the capital, Tokyo, as well as smaller cities, with normal bombs. Later on in the war, they did end up dropping nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

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Hard to see the land in the thick clouds

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Happened on the 7th of December 1941

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After the attack on Pearl Harbour, Japanese planes attacked American facilities in the Phillipine, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Thailand.

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Pearl harbour was a victim of a surprise attack

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First strike was at 7:53am and ended at 9:55am.

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Japan planned the attack due to the US embargo on oil, which they needed due to their invasion of Manchuria and other countries in South-East Asia.

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Commander Mitsuo Fuchida led the first wave .

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President Roosevelt only learnt of the attack on Pearl Harbour Sunday afternoon.