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- Dec. 7th 1941- Attack on US Naval Base in Hawaii
- Not intended to put USA into War
- They thought U.S. would be too "soft" to reclaim that territory
- Objective: sink and immobilize US battleships and carriers
- Eight battleships were damaged, two were lost and three were absent during the rais.
- It almost succeeded
- Oil depots weren't destroyed
- Aircraft carriers are absent
- Submarine pens were not destroyed
- USA declares war on Japan but not on Germany
- Then Hitler declares war on USA on Dec. 10th
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Japan attack US Naval Base in Hawaii, not intending to put the US in war. USA declares war on Japan, not Germany. On Dec. 10, Hitler declares war on USA.
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Subjunctive Question
What would have happened if the United States did not declare war on Japan?