At dawn on Sunday, December 7, 1941, naval aviation forces of the [[Japan|Empire of Japan]] attacked the United States Pacific Fleet center at [[Pearl Harbor]], [[Hawaii]] and other military targets. The goal of this attack was to sufficiently cripple the US Fleet so that Japan could then attack and capture the [[Phillipines]] and Indo-China and so secure access to the raw materials needed to make itself a global military and economic power. | At dawn on Sunday, December 7, 1941, naval aviation forces of the [[Japan|Empire of Japan]] attacked the United States Pacific Fleet center at [[Pearl Harbor]], [[Hawaii]] and other military targets. The goal of this attack was to sufficiently cripple the US Fleet so that Japan could then attack and capture the [[Phillipines]] and Indo-China and so secure access to the raw materials needed to make itself a global military and economic power. |