On a typical Sunday morning while most were getting ready for church, the Japanese had begun a surprise attack on a US Navy base in Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941. The brutal attack would soon affect millions of people, of multiple nationalities. The attack was deliberate, strategic, and violent, all of which are desired in an attack on another country. Shortly after the attack, Emperor Showa, under the council of Prime Minister Hideki Tojo placed his official seal declaring war against the United States. The poorly thought out scheme and maneuver to attack the US after the success at Pearl Harbor would prove to be catastrophic to Japan and all of its people for years to
