Pearl Harbour
- Dec. 7, 1941 - Attack on US Naval Base in Hawaii
- Not intended to put USA into war
- They thought U.S. would be too "soft" to reclaim that territory
- Objective: sink and immobilize U.S. battleships and carriers
- Eight battleships were damaged, two were lost and three were absent during the raid
- It almost succeeded
- Japanese failures:
- Oil deposits were destroyed
- Aircraft carriers are absent
- Submarine pens were not destroyed
- USA declares war on Japan Hitler declares war on USA on Dec. 10
Summary
Pearl Harbor was intended to be revenge on the USA, they did not mean to put USA into war. Japan thought that the USA would be too soft for a counter-attack. USA declares war on Japan December 10th.