Eighty years ago, on Dec. 7, 1941, Japan stunned the United States with an attack on Pearl Harbor. It was one of the defining moments in American history.
Within a short time, five of eight battleships at Pearl Harbor were sunk or sinking, with the rest damaged. Several other ships and most Hawaii-based combat planes were also knocked out, and 2,403 Americans were dead. Soon after, Japanese planes eliminated much of the American air force in the Philippines, and a Japanese Army was ashore in Malaya.
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