In response to their aggression, the United States placed strict embargos on Japan, which brewed hostility between the two countries. The Japanese had been unsuccessfully negotiating with the United States in the hopes of continuing expansion within Southeast Asia, namely the Philippine Islands (an American Territory at that time), Dutch West Indies, and Malaysia. The Japanese began invading China in 1931, and this was when the war began to brew. Prior to the Pearl Harbor attack, World War II had been going on for almost ten years in China and two years in Europe. Many schools and museums have activities to educate students and the public on the historical importance of Pearl Harbor. Pearl Harbor survivors, associations and the military community typically commemorate the day with memorial services, wreath laying ceremonies and the retelling of the days’ events. The White House and all United States government buildings fly the American flag at half-mast as should all homes and private buildings to honor those who died in the attack at Pearl Harbor. Pearl Harbor will be remembered Tuesday, December 7, 2021. The Japanese aircrews managed to achieve complete surprise and for two hours, Japanese fighter, bomber and torpedo planes carried out a shocking assault on the naval base. Just before 8am on the morning of December 7, 1941, hundreds of Japanese fighter planes carried out a devastating attack on the Pearl Harbor American Naval base in Honolulu, Hawaii, on the island of Oahu.
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