Roosevelt deserves praise for his reaction to Pearl Harbour but has made some mistakes.

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Mr Rogers still remembers that movement, which atrophied after Japan attacked Pearl Harbour and Americans discovered other priorities.

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Mr Fagan launched his class-action suit against the Japanese companies on the anniversary of Pearl Harbour in December.

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But everything changed in 1941 when Germany invaded Russia and then Japan attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbour.

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When it was started after Pearl Harbour in 1941, the aim of American Survey was to explain their new allies to the British.

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The mid-budget thriller, which also stars former wrestler Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, marks a change of pace for the director of Pearl Harbour and the Transformers films.

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After Japan bombed Pearl Harbour in Hawaii in December 1941, ferocious fighting on Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands) and Bougainville (PNG) brought Americans in large numbers to the islands.

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