What war was it when we were attacked by Japan at Pearl Harbor W W I or W W II ?
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I’m getting too old, I can’t believe anyone would need to ask such a question.\nWorld War I, 1914–18, also known as the Great War, conflict, chiefly in Europe, among most of the great Western powers. It was the largest war the world had yet seen.Causes \nWorld War I was immediately precipitated by the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary by a Serbian nationalist in 1914. There were, however, many factors that had led toward war. Prominent causes were the imperialistic, territorial, and economic rivalries that had been intensifying from the late 19th cent., particularly among Germany, France, Great Britain, Russia, and Austria-Hungary.\nOf equal importance was the rampant spirit of nationalism, especially unsettling in the empire of Austria-Hungary and perhaps also in France. Nationalism had brought the unification of Germany by blood and iron, and France, deprived of Alsace and Lorraine by the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–71, had been left with its own nationalistic cult seeking revenge against Germany. While French nationalists were hostile to Germany, which sought to maintain its gains by militarism and alliances, nationalism was creating violent tensions in the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy; there the large Slavic national groups had grown increasingly restive, and Serbia as well as Russia fanned Slavic hopes for freedom and Pan-Slavism.\nImperialist rivalry had grown more intense with the new imperialism of the late 19th and early 20th cent. The great powers had come into conflict over spheres of influence in China and over territories in Africa, and the Eastern Question, created by the decline of the Ottoman Empire, had produced several disturbing controversies. Particularly unsettling was the policy of Germany. It embarked late but aggressively on colonial expansion under Emperor William II, came into conflict with France over Morocco, and seemed to threaten Great Britain by its rapid naval expansion.\nThese issues, imperialist and nationalist, resulted in a hardening of alliance systems in the Triple Alliance and Triple Entente and in a general armaments race. Nonetheless, a false optimism regarding peace prevailed almost until the onset of the war, an optimism stimulated by the long period during which major wars had been avoided, by the close dynastic ties and cultural intercourse in Europe, and by the advance of industrialization and economic prosperity. Many Europeans counted on the deterrent of war's destructiveness to preserve the peace.\nWar's Outbreak \nThe Austrian annexation (1908) of Bosnia and Hercegovina created an international crisis, but war was avoided. The Balkan Wars (1912–13) remained localized but increased Austria's concern for its territorial integrity, while the solidification of the Triple Alliance made Germany more yielding to the demands of Austria, now its one close ally. The assassination (June 28, 1914) of Archduke Francis Ferdinand at Sarajevo set in motion the diplomatic maneuvers that ended in war.\nThe Austrian military party, headed by Count Berchtold, won over the government to a punitive policy toward Serbia. On July 23, Serbia was given a nearly unacceptable ultimatum. With Russian support assured by Sergei Sazonov, Serbia accepted some of the terms but hedged on others and rejected those infringing upon its sovereignty. Austria-Hungary, supported by Germany, rejected the British proposal of Sir Edward Grey (later Lord Grey of Fallodon) and declared war (July 28) on Serbia.\nRussian mobilization precipitated a German ultimatum (July 31) that, when unanswered, was followed by a German declaration of war on Russia (Aug. 1). Convinced that France was about to attack its western frontier, Germany declared war (Aug. 3) on France and sent troops against France through Belgium and Luxembourg. Germany had hoped for British neutrality, but German violation of Belgian neutrality gave the British government the pretext and popular support necessary fo
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For the war itself:\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II\nhttp://www.answers.com/topic/world-war-ii\n\n\nFor timelines, see:\nhttp://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/pacificwar/timeline.htm\n\nhttp://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/timeline/ww2time.htm\nThis one is very detailed:\nhttp://www.worldwar-2.net/timelines/timelines-index.htm
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To be honest with you the very first code break for the USA was the attack on Midway Island. We just got done with the battle of the Leyte gulf and got our carriers to do battle with the Japs. The US sent a fake siginal that the water distillation unit on Midway Island did not work.They intercepted a code that was headed for the mainland of Japan stating this. The Japanese lost 4 carriers in the battle and was a huge turning point in the war. June 5,1942
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At 7:49 a.m. on Sunday, December 7, 1941, 183 Japanese dive- and torpedo-bombers, accompanied by Zero escorts, launched the first of two attacks against the American base at Pearl Harbor. A second wave of 168 Japanese aircraft arrived at 9 a.m. Eighteen operational warships, including four battleships, were sunk or heavily damaged; 188 aircraft were destroyed. 2,403 Americans were killed, among them 68 civilians, and 1178 were wounded.
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Attacked and invaded China to get the resources they needed for world domination.  \n\nThen attacked the US at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.\n\nThen they lost the war they started.
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It officially drew us into World War II.  Just days after the Japanese attack on the Pacific Fleet Germany and Italy declared war on the United States drawing us into both theaters of the conflict.  On December 7, 1941 our Pacific Fleet was all but destroyed by the Japanese sneak attack.  This left us vulnerable in the Pacific and very much on the defensive for the first few months of the war.  We overcame these early obstacles, yet it still took nearly a full 4 years to bring the war to an end.
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WWIII was the cold war with the Soviet Union.  We won.\n\nThis is WWIV, and it has already started.  It does not require two superpowers to be at war.  Two incompatible ideologies will do it too.
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A decision was made to end the war. It had been going on since Dec. 7, 1941. Remember? Maybe you don't know. The Japanese launched a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor..dropping the atomic bomb saved coutless thousands of American and Allied lives. The war in the Pacific could gone on and on. When did Chuck Norris say that? \nWhy don't you go to a library and look up the history of WWII?\nYes, BOOKS.\nPayback is hell. Ask the 1,300 navy men entombed in the USS Arizona at Pearl Harbor.
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DJ Noek has it right.  Germany was Japan's ally. We declared war on Japan immediately, so Germany declared war on us.  So then we declared war on Germany.
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Germany, kind of Poland -germany started the war when it invaded Poland-, Britain, France, Austria, America, Japan, and Russia.
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The question:\n\nWould we have joined World War Two if Japan hadn't attacked Pearl Harbor?\n\nThe answer:\n\nCheck it out here; it's really interesting: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/;_ylt=Ai6fsEgESenbEPC2ThudBXEjzKIX?qid=1006041013039
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If you meant "what war", then it was near the end of World War II.
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U.S. entered WW2 after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Almost immediately after the attack, the congress almost unanimously declared war on Japan. (only one person was against the war).  \n\nWhen U.S. declared war on Japan, Germany declared war on U.S. So, U.S. unanimously declared war on Germany. \n\nA) Italy and Japan were allied with Germany\n\nRussia was also allied with Germany but Hitler broke the Hitler-Stalin Pact and attacked Russia. Russia joined the Allied forces afterwards.\n\nPoland was never allied with Germany.\n\nAustria and Hungary were allied with Germany in WW1.
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http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?s=World+War+II&gwp=13
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Japan entered WWII when they bombed Pearl Harbor. They wanted to spread the borders of their country, but got a war with the U.S. instead. They never made an allience with Gremany or Italy. When the U.S. used the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and a large valley, Hundreds of thousands of people were killed. Japan unconditionally surrendered their military forces.
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It started because the mouth invaded the nose to take control of its valuable snot resources.\n\nOh, you mean world war 2? Sorry. Yeah, it started because the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbour. And if anyone posts that answer in all seriousness, I may be forced to kill them in the most painful way possible.\n\nWorld War II started because Hitler invaded Poland in September 1939, prompting Britain and France to declare war. However, some historians place the date as early as 1931 with the Manchurian Incident.\n\nSo, to answer your question, there were a number of events which precipitated the war after the war to end all wars. For a fuller history of the international conflicts of the 1930s/40s, see the wikipedia entry referenced below.\n\nETA: OMG, someone did. I despair for you.
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Battle of the Bulge in Europe.\nBattle of Midway in the Pacific.