December 7, 1941 Imperial Japanese Navy attacked without warning, the U.S. military firing ships and facilities at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. More than 350 Japanese planes attacked a military base in two waves, firing target, dropping bombs and torpediruya warships and liners USA. Americans caught by surprise - they woke to the sound of explosions and tried unsuccessfully to organize at least some defense. Japanese preemptive strike lasted only half an hour: at this time were sunk four ships and two destroyers, 188 aircraft destroyed or damaged many buildings and military equipment (two warships then picked up and returned to service). In addition, during the attack killed 2,400 Americans, yet in 1250 were injured. The U.S. population was shocked. After the attack, Japan has officially declared war on the United States. This was followed by the famous war message of the nation of President Roosevelt, and signed a formal declaration of war against Japan. Within days, Nazi Germany and the Kingdom of Italy also declared war on the United States, and shortly after that, America "said they reciprocate."