The Day That Lived In Infamy
While war in Europe and in the Pacific was in full scale, the United States remained neutral. It wasn’t until December 7, 1941 that America was forced to enter the war by the Empire of Japan. After Japan’s invasion of Indochina in 1940, diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Japan deteriorated. To discourage any further aggression President Roosevelt moved the U.S. Pacific fleet from its previous base in San Diego to the island of Hawaii. Japanese high command feared that the U.S. Pacific fleet possessed a great threat to Japan’s military operations in Southeast Asia. Thus a plan was devised to strike America first. Under the command of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, a Japanese task force that included six aircraft
While war in Europe and in the Pacific was in full scale, the United States remained neutral. It wasn’t until December 7, 1941 that America was forced to enter the war by the Empire of Japan. After Japan’s invasion of Indochina in 1940, diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Japan deteriorated. To discourage any further aggression President Roosevelt moved the U.S. Pacific fleet from its previous base in San Diego to the island of Hawaii. Japanese high command feared that the U.S. Pacific fleet possessed a great threat to Japan’s military operations in Southeast Asia. Thus a plan was devised to strike America first. Under the command of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, a Japanese task force that included six aircraft