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Thread #96970 Message #1902671
Posted By: beardedbruce
07-Dec-06 - 03:27 PM
Thread Name: Remember Pearl Harbor
Subject: RE: Remember Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor Raid, 7 December 1941 -- Overview and Special Image Selection The 7 December 1941 Japanese raid on Pearl Harbor was one of the great defining moments in history. A single carefully-planned and well-executed stroke removed the United States Navy's battleship force as a possible threat to the Japanese Empire's southward expansion. America, unprepared and now considerably weakened, was abruptly brought into the Second World War as a full combatant.