Fours years of war between two great powers would see remote islands become the graves of countless warriors. However, a sleeping giant had been awakened that would not allow what it considered to be wanton aggression to go unchecked. The Empire of Japan decided to launch what it considered to be a noble struggle against the West.
Japan's surprise attack on the United States, United Kingdom, and other European powers marked the culmination of less than a century of Japanese transformation from an agrarian feudal state to one of the world's great industrial powers. December 7, 1941, a date that will in live in infamy.
