Japan and the United States had a bad relationship starting in the nineteenth century.

Japan and the U.S. had conflicts about the dominance of the Pacific, before the attack.

Japan and China had a mangled relationship and had been in a war together, The U.S. was also supplying China with resources. Them doing that made Japan even more frustrated.

When the U.S. Pacific Fleet was moved from San Diego to Pearl Harbor the tensions grew stronger.

Prior to the attack, the U.S. believed Japan was going to attack the Philippines.

Date of attack: December 7, 1941.

Location: Hawaii United States (Oahu).

When: 7:55 A.M. on a Sunday.

Length: The attack lasted for an hour and fifteen minutes.

The USS Arizona still leaks fuel to this day.

30 days after the attack 134,000 Americans enlisted in the military.

Japan is one of U.S.'s strongest ally.

The American fired the first shot before the attack on Pearl Harbor.

The attack did not destroy the destroy the entire American Pacific Fleet.

After the attack a poll was put out, and 97% of Americans were in agreement to declare war.