Pearl Harbor Attack - 1941 | Today in History | 7 Dec 16

On December 7, 1941, the Imperial Japanese navy launched a surprise attack on the U.S. Navy base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii as part of a plan to pre-empt any American military response to Japan’s planned conquest of Southeast Asian territories; the raid, which claimed some 2,400 American lives, prompted the United States to declare war against Japan the next day. Japanese Attack Pearl Harbour; US and Japan at War In Pacific On December 7, 1941, without warning, and while their envoys are at a peace conferen