On the morning of Sunday, December 7, 1941 a military hit by the Japanese navy surprised the US naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The attack was the trigger for the US becoming directly and militarily involved in World War II. The attack intended the prevention of the US Pacific Fleet from influencing the war Japan planed against Britain, the Netherlands and the United States. It consisted of two attacks which sank four US Navy battleships and damaged four more; it also sank or damaged three cruisers, three destroyers and one minelayer, destroyed 188 airplanes and caused personnel losses of 2’402 killed and 1’282 wounded. By the other hand, the Japanese losses were minimal, at 29 airplanes and four submarines with 65 servicemen killed or wounded.
The surprise nature of the attack was a factor in changing US public opinion from the isolationist position of the mid-1930s to support for direct participation in the war. The lack by Japan of any formal declaration prior to the attack led President Roosevelt to proclaim "December 7th, 1941—a date which will live in infamy".
SOURCE: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_on_Pearl_Harbor
BY: Carla Millán
Its hard to see what a country is capable for their own goals. At that time Japan and the United States were at peace, but as they said "In war and love everything counts", the betrayal from Japan was the trigger for United States to enter in World War 2. I think that betraying is the worst thing in the world, declaring war to the Nipons by Americans seems pretty rasonable with that kind of atacks.
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