Pearl's Attack: The Attack Of Pearl Harbor

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The attack of Pearl Harbor, was an attack that took place in December 7, 1941. The Japanese were angry, simply because we ( United States ) didn't want to join World War 2 or loose our allies. When we sent war supplies to our allies, Great Britain, France, and Russia the Japanese got upset and attacked our American naval base near Honolulu, Hawaii. This attack hurt, or completely destroyed about 21 ships. But that's not it, the attack also hurt, or completely destroyed about 310 aircrafts. As we decided to take action the day after the attack, we declared war with Japan. Some time later, Germany and Italy declared war on us. Even if we didn't want to join World War 2, after the death of 2,000 and the woundment of 1,000 American soldiers and

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