Bringing History to Life Magazine

30 April 2022

Japan pulls the US into the war Early on 7th December, 1941 Japanese bombs rained down on the US naval base at Pearl Harbour in Hawaii. The following day, President Roosevelt declared war on Japan. The empire had drawn a vengeful opponent into the war. However, before Tokyo’s surrender four years later, the Land of the Rising Sun would set East Asia on fire. This issue follows the conflict in the Pacific, where dark clouds gather over the Kingdom of the Sun until two atom bombs drop in August 1945.