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December 1941

On the morning of December 7, 1941, Japanese forces launched a surprise attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Nineteen U.S. ships were sunk or damaged, and 3,000 Americans lost their lives. Japan also attacked Guam, Wake Island, the Philippines, and other strategic points in the Pacific at the same time Pearl Harbor was attacked. In his address to a stunned nation, President Roosevelt called December 7 "a date that will live in infamy." On December 8, the U.S. Congress declared war against Japan. Two days after Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt told the nation, "We are going to win the war, and we are going to win the peace that follows."


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