Japanese+Planes+Bomb+Pearl+Harbor

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5/30/08 Hawaii

The Japanese Planes bombarded the U.S. Pacific fleet at the Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on December 07, 1941 at 7:55 am. Japanese attacked the United States after the tension between them grew because the United States ordered Japan to stop trading with China. Trading is important to Japan because without the resources from the other country they could not continue expanding. Japan's most important resource was oil which the Southeast Asia area was rich. Japanese troops invaded Southeast Asia on January 1941 because of their resources. Since the United States was concerned about Japan attacking some other Pacific countries, Roosevelt had closed the trading between the United States and Japan. The negotiation between U.S. leaders and the Japanese caused the attacking on the Pearl Harbor. The bombing had killed more than 2,300 Americans, 19 ships and more than 180 aircraft were damaged. Americans were angered by the attacked and the congress declared a war on December 8 of the same year.