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"We won a great tactical success at Pearl Harbor and therefore lost the conflict." (Admiral Hara Tadaichi) All Americans are familiar with the "day that will live in infamy." At 9:30 a.m. on Sunday, December 7, 1941, Pearl Harbor, the advanced base of the United States Navy's Pacific Fleet, was ablaze. It turned out smashed by aircraft launched by the providers of the Imperial Japanese Navy. All eight battleships had been sunk or badly damaged, 350 aircraft had been knocked out, and over 2,000 Us citizens lay inactive. Indelible images of the USS Az exploding and the USS Oklahoma capsizing and floating upside down have been ingrained in the American conscience since. In less than an hour and a half the Japanese had almost destroyed America's entire naval presence in the Pacific. Less than a day previously, Japanese and American negotiators had been continuing their diplomatic work to stave off conflict in the region, but as they does, Chief executive Roosevelt and his inner circle experienced seen intelligence studies strongly suggesting an imminent assault - though they did not know where. The US rightly believed that Japan would take action to avoid the Us citizens from interfering with the military activities in Southeast Asia, and American military pushes in the Philippines were already bracing for a potential assault. However, as the discussions were ongoing, the powerful Japanese carrier fleet had been surging southwards through the Pacific while preserving radio silence. Navy Commander-in-Chief Isoroku Yamamoto, whose code of honor demanded that the Japanese only engage enemies following a formal declaration of conflict, had received assurances that his nation would be formally at conflict with the United States before the introduction of his planes over Pearl Harbor. As it turned out, those assurances were worth nothing, and Yamamoto had been misled by extremists in his authorities equally the Us citizens were misled. In fact, the Japanese would infamously deliver documents formally cutting off discussions with the American authorities after the assault on Pearl Harbor experienced already been conducted. Far from a formal declaration of conflict, America was attacked unexpectedly, plunging the world's most significant democracy into history's deadliest turmoil. Pearl Harbor was undoubtedly one of the seminal events in American background, and given the nature of the wonder attack, the admittance of the united states into the conflict, and the lingering controversies and conspiracy theories, the assault on Pearl Harbor continues to be a highly costed and greatly debated event. Record for Kids: The Strike on Pearl Harbor chronicles the history leading up to the surprise assault, including the discussions between your Japanese and American government authorities, and the plotting of the assault itself. In addition, it examines the assault, its aftermath, its prolonged legacy, and the controversies still encompassing it. Your children will learn about Pearl Harbor like never before.
