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The Attack on Pearl Harbor

Before The Attack

Learn how tensions between the United States and the Empire of Japan were mounting months before the attack. The bomb plots, undelivered U.S. intelligence warnings, the forming of the America First Committee, and more.

Why Japan Attacked Pearl Harbor

August 27, 2015 · Jason Alghussein
Japan attacked Pearl Harbor for a few reasons. The reason for the attack and the goal of the attack are not the same. The Reason Japan Attacked Pearl Harbor Japan had seen successes in previous years by attacking  and colonizing Korea, and defeating Russia, and China. With goals of expansion in Asia and the Pacific, Japan […]
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The History of Pearl Harbor Before the Attack

April 20, 2012 · Randy Miller
Polynesians have inhabited the Hawaiian Islands for centuries. Hawaii was discovered relatively late by Europeans. The first visit by Westerners to the islands was in 1778, when the British Captain James Cook arrived. The English ship Butterworth, under Captain William Brown, entered Honolulu Harbor in 1793. Captain Cook passed it on his famous voyage in 1778, […]
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