<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" id="mwgA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="World War II">World War II</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_on_Pearl_Harbor" id="mwgQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Attack on Pearl Harbor">Attack on Pearl Harbor</a>: The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Japanese_Navy" id="mwgg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Imperial Japanese Navy">Imperial Japanese Navy</a> carries out a surprise attack on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Pacific_Fleet" id="mwgw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="United States Pacific Fleet">United States Pacific Fleet</a> and its defending <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army_Air_Forces" id="mwhA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="United States Army Air Forces">Army</a> and Marine air forces at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Station_Pearl_Harbor" id="mwhQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Naval Station Pearl Harbor">Pearl Harbor</a>, Hawaii. (For Japan's near-simultaneous attacks on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Hemisphere" id="mwhg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Eastern Hemisphere">Eastern Hemisphere</a> targets, see <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_8" id="mwhw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="December 8">December 8</a>.)