On 7 December 1941, at 7:53 a.m., Japan launched a surprise attack on the American fleet anchored peacefully in Pearl Harbour. The United States was hit hard at the heart of its defensive system. But far from being intimidated and seeking peace with Tokyo, as the Japanese leaders had hoped, the Americans, revolted, rallied around their president Franklin Roosevelt and entered the war.
The conflict became truly global.
However, Pearl Harbor has not revealed all its mysteries. It seems senseless that the Japanese could have carried out such a large-scale attack against the world's leading power. Some even suspect that the Americans allowed it to happen. The attack on Pearl Harbor was a military operation that would prove to be a major turning point in the history of the Second World War, its repercussions changing the face of the world.
