On december the 7th 1941 pearl harbour at 7:48am hawaiian time it was attacked by 353 airplane fighters all of the usa ships were destroyed or really badly damaged by the bombs that the japanese drop  it lasted 2 hours and 2,000 american soldiers died and over 1,000 got hurt then the president declared war against japan then the germans and italians declared war against the usa the war almost lasted 40 years Japan adopted a policy of economic strangulation. the three websites i use are  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_on_Pearl_Harbor

https://www.pearlharboroahu.com/attack.htm

http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/pearl-harbor