Daily Archives for 7 December 2012


December 7: Japan Opens War on U.S.

At 7:45am on 7 December 1941, the Japanese attacked an American naval base located in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto (山本 五十六) had begun plans for the attack as early as January 1941. However, Commander Minoru Genda (源田 実) was responsible for the air tactics against the American fleet. After graduating from the Japanese […]