The first Japanese dive-bomber appeared over Pearl Harbor at 7:55 AM (local time) on December 7, 1941. The attack was part of a massive coordinated offensive that hit multiple targets throughout the Pacific. Some 40 minutes before the Pearl Harbor attack, the Japanese invaded of Malaya. Over the next 24 hours, Japanese forces struck Hong Kong, Guam, the Philippines, Wake Island, Singapore, and Midway.
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