When did the attack on Pearl Harbor take place?

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Pearl Harbor attack A U.S. battleship sinking during the Pearl Harbor attack.

The attack on Pearl Harbor took place on December 7, 1941. This surprise aerial strike by Japan against the United States naval base in Hawaii initiated the Pacific War and led to the United States' formal entry into World War II.1