Since April 1940, based at Pearl Harbor in the Hawaiian island of Oahu, the U.S. Pacific Fleet was a tempting target. Admiral Yamamoto elaborated one of the greatest attacks in history: aircraft carriers sailed anonymously to a point located at 320km north of Oahu, which served as a base to send in torpedo planes, fighters and bombers in order to destroy the port facilities and the U.S. fleet which was stationed there.
The attack occured 68 years ago at 7:55 a.m. exactly. The U.S. marines were taken by surprise and were not expecting any attack due to the lack of any official declaration of war.
Pearl Harbor Day, December 7th, 1941 was a day of great loss to the american Army and Navy (about 2000 dead and more than 1000 injured).
Monday, December 7, 2009
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