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[[Image:pearlharborattack.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Battleship ''[[USS Arizona]]'' burns after her magazine was hit by a Japanese bomb.]]

[[Image:pearlharborattack.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Battleship ''[[USS Arizona]]'' burns after her magazine was hit by a Japanese bomb.]]

'''The Attack on Pearl Harbor''' was a military air strike by the [[Imperial Japanese Navy]] on the morning of December 7, 1941, and designed to cripple the U.S. Fleet, enabling Japan to have a free and unfettered access to much of the western [[Pacific Ocean]] and Southeast [[Asia]]. The attack brought the United States to declare war against Japan the next day.

'''The Attack on Pearl Harbor''' was a military air strike by the [[Imperial Japanese Navy]] on the morning of December 7, 1941, that was designed to cripple the U.S. Fleet, enabling Japan to have free and unfettered access to much of the western [[Pacific Ocean]] and Southeast [[Asia]]. The attack resulted in the United States declaring war against the Axis powers the next day.

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