History of the United States II / Unit 12 USH2 1664 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Pearl Harbor
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The idea
At seven forty-eight on the morning of December seventh, nineteen forty-one, Japanese aircraft attacked the American fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
In practice
All eight battleships in the harbour hit and four sunk, and nearly two hundred aircraft destroyed on the ground.
Where people slip
Twenty-four hundred Americans were killed, the anchor and the Yawp agree. Japan also struck Hong Kong and the Philippines.
Your place on the trail
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