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Pearl Harbor was established after 1908.
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Faced with severe shortages of oil and other natural resources and driven by ambition to displace the United States as the dominant Pacific power. Japan decided to attack the United States and British forces in Asia and seize the resources of Southeast Asia.
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Pearl Harbor is a U.S. Naval Base near Honolulu, Hawaii attacked by Japanese forces.
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Started at 7:55
Ended at 9:45
Lasted for 1 hr. and 10 mins. -
Nearly 20 American Naval Vessels including 8 Battle Ships and over 300 Airplanes.
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Tora Tora Tora was the message for the Japanese to attack.
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More than 2,300 Americans were killed including civilians and another 1,100 people were wounded and 960 left missing.
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USS Utah, USS Arizona
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USS Nevada, USS Vestal, USS West Virginia, USS Maryland, USS Oklahoma, USS California, USS Pennsylvania.
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Japan agreed to surrender.
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The USS Arizona Memorial was built for the people who had been in the Navy that had died from the attack of Pearl Harbor.