Dec 7, 2016 · Summary. It has been 75 years since Japan launched its surprise attack on the United States at Pearl Harbor, and in that time, the raid has lived in the infamy that President Franklin D. Roosevelt described. The events that unfolded on Dec. 7, 1941, have been the subject of intense scrutiny and countless rehashings through the years, noted as
The first challenge was securing the land necessary for expansion. Commander John F. Merry (then in charge of the Naval Coal Depot in Honolulu) believed in the significance of building a naval station at Pearl Harbor, but most of the surrounding land belonged to the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Estate which was overseen by a series of trustees.The Short Fuse 1940-1941:The Fate of the Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor. From mid-1940, when FDR moved the US Pacific Fleet from San Diego to Pearl Harbor, long-simmering tensions between the United States and Japan reached a new state of intensity. Japan had been embroiled in a brutal war of conquest in China since 1937.Atak na Pearl Harbor miał miejsce 7 grudnia 1941 r. Japońskie lotnictwo przeprowadziło wtedy atak powietrzny na amerykańskie bazy wojskowej na Hawajach. Atak na Pearl Harbor - geneza. Baza wojskowa w Pearl Harbor była najważniejsza bazą amerykańską na Pacyfiku, stale rozbudowywaną od czasów I wojny światowej. yY3aZKy.