1. Attack on Pearl Harbor
... . Nearby military airfields were also attacked by the Japanese planes. Eight American battleships and 13 other naval vessels were sunk or badly damaged and almost 200 American aircraft were destroyed. On Saturday, December 6th, U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt made a final appeal to the Emperor of Japan for peace. There was no reply. Later that same day, the U.S. code-breaking service began ... of Oahu and headed for the U.S. Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor. At 7:02 a.m., two Army operators at Oahu's northern shore radar station detected the Japanese air attack approaching and contacted a ...
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