Every year on December 7, National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day pays tribute to the pivotal attack that drew the United States into World War II.
On December 7, 1941, Japan's decision to attack the U.S. amid negotiations reshaped the geopolitics, and history of World War II.
Japan's air force, with 353 aircraft, attacked Pearl Harbor, destroying U.S. aircraft, ships, and deaths of 2,403 Americans.
The Pearl Harbor attack propelled the U.S. into World War II, in favor of the Allies and the beginning of the end for the Axis powers.
In 1945, the U.S. deployed nuclear weapons, Little Boy on Hiroshima and Fat Man on Nagasaki, sparking the Cold War's arms race and permanently altering warfare.
Pearl Harbor and nuclear bombings' impact lingers, shaping geopolitics and highlighting dangers of nuclear weapons.