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(Dec. 7, 1941) Surprise aerial attack by the Japanese on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor. This was the main cause for the U.S to enter the war. Thousands of men died, and we were not going to let their deaths go in vain. Japan entered into an alliance with the Axis powers (Germany and Italy). About 360 planes were launched over Pearl Harbor that day which in the end manged to destroy almost the whole fleet there. The //Arizona// was completely destroyed; the //Oklahoma// was almost completely sunken, West Virginia sunk and more than 180 aircraft were destroyed; and numerous vessels were damaged. In addition, more than 2,300 military personnel were killed. The Very next day The U.S declared war on Japanmedia type="youtube" key="3VqQAf74fsE" height="385" width="480"