In the morning of December 7, 1941, two Japanese airplane waves—Nakajima bombers, Aichi dive-bombers, and Mitsubishi Zero fighters—loaded with torpedoes and bombs annihilated over 3,500 people, four battleships, two destroyers, and three cruisers. Here's the first "tweet."
The name of the place was Pearl Harbor. The ships and the people, citizens of the United States of America. And this was the first notification, sent from the Hawaii base to the US Naval Air Station in Kodiak, Alaska. Today, I imagine that it would have looked more or less like this:
@JOINTCHIEFSOFSTAFF @CONGRESS @ROOSEVELT Air raid on Pearl Harbor. This is no drill. Please RT. #USNAVY #USAF #USARMY #WAR
The attack could have been fought back, because the first wave was detected by radar at 136 nautical miles. Unfortunately for the victims—and fortunately for the rest of the world—the planes were mistaken for USAAF bombers arriving from the continent.
After the attack, Congress unanimously declared War to Germany, Italy, and Japan at the request of President Roosevelt.


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