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The Japanese success was overwhelming, but it was not a strategic victory. They failed to damage any American aircraft carriers, which by a stroke of luck, had been absent from the harbor. They neglected to damage the shoreside facilities at the Pearl Harbor Naval Base, which played an important role in the Allied victory in [[World War II]]. American technological skill raised and repaired all but three of the ships sunk or damaged at Pearl Harbor (''Arizona'', ''Oklahoma'' and ''Utah''). Most importantly, the shock and anger caused by the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor united a divided nation and was translated into a wholehearted commitment to victory in World War II.

The Japanese success was overwhelming, but it was not a strategic victory. They failed to damage any American aircraft carriers, which by a stroke of luck, had been absent from the harbor. They neglected to damage the shoreside facilities at the Pearl Harbor Naval Base, which played an important role in the Allied victory in [[World War II]]. American technological skill raised and repaired all but three of the ships sunk or damaged at Pearl Harbor (''Arizona'', ''Oklahoma'' and ''Utah''). Most importantly, the shock and anger caused by the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor united a divided nation and was translated into a wholehearted commitment to victory in World War II.

==Further reading==

==Further reading==

* Craven, Wesley, and James Cate, eds. ''The Army Air Forces in World War II.'' (1958). Official history in 7 vol;  [http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/AAF/I/index.html Vol. 1, Plans and Early Operations, January 1939 to August 1942'' online edition]  

* Craven, Wesley, and James Cate, eds. ''The Army Air Forces in World War II.'' (1958). Official history in 7 vol;  [http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/AAF/I/index.html Vol. 1, Plans and Early Operations, January 1939 to August 1942'' online edition]