1941 JAPANESE FIGHTER PLANES BOMB PEARL HARBOR
Some 4,000 miles from Tokyo, Japan’s attack on US territory finally pushes Roosevelt to join forces with the Allies
It happened so very quickly. Out of nowhere at 7:55am on Sunday 7 December 1941, Japanese fighter planes filled the sky over Pearl Harbor on the Pacific island of Oahu, Hawaii, raining bombs and bullets down onto the vessels moored below.