Pearl Harbor
Japan needed to get trough the Pacific with ease so that their plans of an invasion of North America would be successful. The only thing that stood in their way was Pearl Harbor (owned by the United States). Pearl Harbor was attacked by the Japanese Imperial Navy, at approximately 8:00 A.M., Sunday morning, December 7, 1941. 353 Japanese aircraft had been in this assault and no declaration of war had been stated at this time. Therefore the United States were not ready for this attack. Approximately 100 ships of the U.S. Navy were present that morning, consisting of battleships, destroyers, cruisers and various support ships. Over half the U.S. Pacific fleet was out to sea, including the carriers. A total of twenty-nine Japanese aircraft were shot down by ground fire and U.S pilots from various military battalions. This attack on Pearl Harbor was the incentive for the United States to join the war. With them joining it gave the allies enough fresh troops to defeat Germany and Japan.
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