Pearl Harbor

Pearl Harbor was what made the United States join World War 2. On December 7, 1941 the Japanese planned a suprise attack on the naval base Pearl Harbor. Pearl Harbor is located on the coast of Honolulu, Hawaii. The battle only lasted two hours but it was a devastating lose to the United States. In the time it took the Japanese pilots to drop there bombs they destroyed 20 vessels, eight of them battleships and almost 200 airplanes. The United States lost an astonishing 2000 soldiers and sailors and another 1000 were wounded. After the attack on Pearl Harbor Franklin D. Roosevelet declared war on Japan. Congress approved and this ultimately is what brought america into World War 2.