NATIONAL ARCHIVE AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION
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| The Attack on Pearl Harbor In less than three hours, Japanese planes crippled the U.S. Pacific fleet. Images from the raid — and the aftermath
Aboard a Japanese carrier before the attack. Admiral Yamamoto Isoroku hoped that a quick, surprise attack on the U.S. fleet would make the Americans petition for peace, leaving the Pacific open for Japanese expansion. 
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