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On October 1, 1946, The verdict was given for 22 of the original defendants at the Nuremberg Trial.

Pearl Harbor is a United States naval base near Honolulu, Hawaii, where Japanese forces launched a devastating surprise attack on December 7, 1941. On that Sunday morning, just before 8 a.m., hundreds of Japanese fighter planes descended on the base, destroying or damaging nearly 20 American naval vessels, including eight battleships, and over 300 airplanes. The attack killed over 2,400 Americans, including civilians, and injured another 1,000.

Attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941