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Attack on Pearl Harbor

  • Attack on Pearl HarborOn the 7th of December 1941, the Empire of Japan launched a surprise military strike on the United States Pacific Fleet at its naval base at Pearl Harbor.
  • Mitsubishi A6M ZeroIn 1937, the Imperial Japanese Navy issued Planning Requirements for a new carrier-based fighter to replace the Mitsubishi A5M.
  • Export Control ActPresident Franklin D. Roosevelt issued a presidential proclamation in 1940 that forbade the export of aircraft parts, chemicals, and minerals without a…
  • Imperial Japanese NavyIn 1576, the daimyō Oda Nobunaga commissioned six iron-covered warships known as Oatakebune. These vessels represented one of the earliest attempts at…
  • Pearl HarborThe Hawaiians called this lagoon Wai Momi, meaning Waters of Pearl. They also named it Puuloa, which translates to long hill.