Kwahlaselwa nini iPearl Harbor
Context:Ukuhlaselwa kwePearl Harbor[nb 3] kwakuyisigameko sokushaywa kwezempi okwenziwa yi-Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service e-United States ngokumelene nesisekelo semikhumbi yempi yase-US ePearl Harbor eHonolulu, Territory of Hawaii, ngaphambi nje kuka-8: 00 ekuseni (isikhathi sendawo) ngeSonto, ngoDisemba 7, 1941. I - United States yayingelona izwe elingathathi hlangothi ngaleso sikhathi; ukuhlaselwa kwaholela ekungeneni kwayo ngokusemthethweni eMpini Yezwe II ngosuku olulandelayo. Abaholi bezempi baseJapane babhekisela kulokhu kuhlasela ngokuthi yiHawaii Operation kanye ne-Operation AI,[nb 4] kanye ne-Operation Z ngesikhathi sokuhlela kwayo.  Lokhu kuhlasela kwandulelwa izinyanga eziningi zokuxoxisana phakathi kwe - U.S. neJapane ngekusasa lePacific. Izimfuno zaseJapane zazihlanganisa ukuthi i-U.S. iqede izijeziso zayo eJapane, iyeke ukusiza iChina empini yesibili yaseChina neJapane, futhi ivumele iJapane ukuba ifinyelele emithonjeni yamaDashi aseMpumalanga India. Elindele impendulo engemihle evela e-US, iJapane yathumela amaqembu ayo okuhlasela asolwandle ngoNovemba 1941 ngaphambi nje kokuthola i-Hull note - isimangalo se-US sokuthi iJapane ikhiphe eChina nase-Indochina.  IJapane yayihlose ukuhlasela njengesenzo sokuvimbela. Injongo yayo kwakuwukuvimbela i-United States Pacific Fleet ukuba iphazamise izenzo zayo zempi ezihleliwe eNingizimu-mpumalanga ye-Asia ngokumelene nezindawo zaphesheya kwezilwandle zase-United Kingdom, eNetherlands, nase-United States. Phakathi namahora ayisikhombisa kwaba nokuhlaselwa okuhlangene kwamaJapane ePhilippines, eGuam, naseWake Island eyayiphethwe i - U.S. naseMbusweni WaseBrithani eMalaya, eSingapore naseHong Kong.
Ngo-December 7, 1941