Wacky Border Sunday: The Diomede Islands + Misfortunate Monday: The Attack On Pearl Harbor

     Hello everybody and welcome back to another installment of Nations Made Fun! I'll be your host, Mr. Nations, your tour guide for the world! Today we're going to be discussing two things, the Diomede Islands and Pearl Harbor. Let's start with the Diomedes islands, shall we?

     You could reasonably swim from Russia to the U.S. because the gap is separated by a mere 3.8 kilometers.

   

     Misfortunate Monday:

     Pearl Harbor was a quiet naval base on the shores of Hawaii, and it was where a devastating surprise attack from the Japanese occurred. The attack happened on December 7th, 1941 when hundreds of planes descended from the sky and opened fire on the naval base, destroying or damaging nearly twenty naval vessels. More than 2,400 Americans died, including civilians. 1,000 were wounded. The day after the attack, Franklin D. Roosevelt asked Congress to declare war on Japan.

     Up until that point, the Japanese had America fooled. Japanese leaders declared peace with America and gave them numerous prizes and peace offerings. America believed they were allies with the Japanese until Pearl Harbor.

     Because of Pearl Harbor, nuclear bombs had to be brought into the scheme of things. America dropped two atomic bombs on Japan, one in Hiroshima and the other in Nagasaki. Shortly after America's involvement in World War II, the war ended. The opposing forces realized that if the Americans could destroy Japan just like that, why not them too?


     The attack of Pearl Harbor.
        

     Fun Facts:

• Japan attacked Pearl Harbor without declaring war.
• American radar detected incoming planes but nothing was done.
• The attack lasted about two hours.

     Sources: https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/pearl-harbor

     https://hireourheroes.org/2016/12/08/11-interesting-facts-attack-pearl-harbor/