Why Did Japan Attack Pearl Harbor

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8am December 7, 1941 Japan attacks the military base, Pearl Harbor. The attack lasted for about two hours but it was devastating. During the attack the Japanese destroyed around 20 naval ships. The Japanese also killed over two thousand soldiers. Even though there were 2,000 deaths there were still 1,000 wounded.once the attack ended the japanese left nothing but destruction begin. One day later president Roosevelt asked congress to declare war on Japan, congress approved with 1 reject. This also meant that the united states had also joined the allied forces and gotten into another world war. Three days later japan, Germany, and italy all declared war on the united states.
It took 2 years and all the deaths at Pearl Harbor before the United