US observes 80th anniversary of attack on Pearl Harbor
The United States will mark the 80th anniversary of the Japanese attack on the US naval base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on Tuesday. The attack on Dec. 7, 1941, shook a country that had been so focused on World War Two in Europe that it had lost sight of the threat posed by Japan, according to historians. The attack killed 2,390 Americans, and the United States declared war on