8h 19min, dec 7, 1941 y - JAPAN ATTACKS PEARL HARBOR Tensions between the US and Japan slowly built up over the course of WWI as the US tried to stop Japan from expanding. This eventually prompted Japan to bomb Pearl Harbor, where the US had set up its main Pacific naval base. However, Japan failed in destroying oil tanks, ammunition sites, repair facilities, and aircraft carriers.
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