Pearl Harbor: Minute by Minute

December 7th is one of the pivotal dates in world history. That day, Japan launched offensives all over Southeast Asia and the Pacific to secure the resources that embargo had denied them. They also—more famously—launched a surprise attack against the American Pacific Fleet at anchor at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii—the only naval power with any realistic chance of stopping them. The United States was neutral, but this "Day of Infamy" brought the US very much into World War Two.