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US Pacific naval base in Oahu, Hawaii, USA,
the scene of a Japanese attack 7 Dec 1941,
which brought the USA into World War II. It
took place while Japanese envoys were holding
so-called peace talks in Washington. More
than 2,000 US servicemen were killed, and a
large part of the US Pacific fleet was
destroyed or damaged during the attack. The
local commanders Admiral Kummel and Lt-Gen
Short were relieved of their posts and held
responsible for the fact that the base was
totally unprepared at the time of the attack,
but recent information indicates that
warnings of the attack given to the USA (by
British intelligence and others) were
withheld from Kummel and Short by President
Roosevelt. US public opinion was very much
against entering the war, and Roosevelt
wanted an excuse to change popular sentiments
and take the USA into the war.