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Pearl Harbor


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A harbour on the Pacific island of Oahu, in Hawaii, the site of a major US naval base, where a surprise attack on 7 December 1941 by Japanese carrier-borne aircraft, inflicted heavy damage and brought the USA into World War II.

Subjects: History — Military History

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Pearl Harbor (1941)
in The Oxford Companion to Military History Length: 418 words
Pearl Harbor, Attack on (1941)
in The Oxford Companion to American Military History Length: 1937 words
Pearl Harbor
in The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military Length: 137 words
Pearl Harbor, Attack on (7 December 1941)
in The Oxford Companion to United States History Length: 606 words

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