Shortly after dawn on Sunday, December 7, 1941, Japanese warplanes launched an all-out attack on Pearl Harbor
[wiki], the major U.S. military base in Hawaii. Within two hours, they
had damaged or destroyed 18 warships and more than 200 aircraft, killing
2,403 American soldiers, sailors, and marines, and wounding 1,178.
Americans were stunned and outraged.
Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor was one of the most dramatic incidents in
U.S. history - and the source of persistent questions. Did President
Roosevelt know the attack was coming?
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