December Seven 1941

December 7:

Most people will just consider this another day or another day in the countdown to the festive season that is Christmas for all who celebrate it. But which one of you will remember this day as the day when the Japanese attacked the US naval base known as Pearl Harbor

353 planes were launched from 6 Japanese aircraft carriers as the Japanese took pearl harbor by shock and caused deaths totalling 2402.

Was it justified?

No one can really argue correctly that the killing of some innocent civilians is justified but what drove Japan to take such drastic measures?

Well the attack was intended to destroy  and stop the Us pacific fleet which would enable Japan to access natural resources such as rubber and oil into Malaya.  The US did not stop Japan from accessing resources however it did put a stop to the shipments of aviation fuel, aircraft parts and gasoline to Japan and some believe that this was s