Pearl Harbor: December 7th, 1941
Pearl Harbor was one of the worst bombings in U.S. history. The Japanese had planned this attack almost three months in advance, giving them the needed time to go on tourist planes that flew over Pearl Harbor, so they could take the pictures they had needed to see what they were going up against. Before they had attacked, they sent warnings to the government for seven days warning of the impending attack on Pearl Harbor.
When they did the attack, it was known as the Initial Attack, because they had used seven waves of 408 B-17 Bomber planes that carried Type 99 Anti-Ship Bombs that they had used to sink the USS Arizona. This attack had 2,403 US Soldiers and civilians as casualties, and to make the numbers worse there were 1,143 US Soldiers and civilians injured.