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Pearl Harbor is a terrorist act

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Shutting this down per WP:NOTFORUM. QuicoleJR (talk) 22:35, 3 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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The attack on Pearl Harbor and the murder of 2,403 people is an act of terrorism. The terrorists from Japan had not declared war on America before the attack began. The sneak attack and murder of innocent people was not surpassed until September 11,2001 when the terrorist attack on New York murdered 2,997 people. The terrorists from Japan later declared war after the attack began to start America into WW2. 75.192.97.126 (talk) 14:09, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You're certainly entitled to view it that way. However, the article reflects how the attack is described by multiple mainstream reliable sources. Schazjmd (talk) 14:23, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This comment, on its face, seems to be simply arguing about the subject matter rather than discussing how the article should read. Per WP:TPG we're not supposed to do that.
Perhaps unwisely, I'm going to respond anyway. Terrorism, by definition, seeks to achieve its (varying) goals through psychological means, by inducing fear (hence the name) of random violence in its target population.
The Japanese war aims at Pearl Harbor, in contrast, were quite concrete and outside the mental realm. They wanted to degrade America's physical ability to interfere with their operations in the Pacific. In that they were highly, albeit temporarily, successful.
None of that speaks to the moral or legal content of the attack; you can certainly argue that it was a war crime or a crime against morality. But it wasn't "terrorism", a word that is much overused outside its correct area of application. --Trovatore (talk) 18:45, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
It is a terrorist attack. It can't be a military strike as no declaration of war was issued. It was done on a Sunday just before church services began.  It was also a psychological attack as it caused extreme fear of everyone on the island. That fear was so deep they made special money called Hawaii notes. The terrorist act causes the sinking of many ships of the American pacific fleet. the declaration of war was not issued until the attack was over. 2600:1015:A000:8DA6:475F:181C:E62B:DDE (talk) 16:23, 1 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I believe the declaration of war was, in fact, sent to be received by the Secretary of State before the attack. However, due to some issues with translation, it wasn't received until after the attack took place. This fact is often overlooked. 24.16.131.30 (talk) 01:29, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hawaii is a sovereign nation under occupation by a criminal entity. The Japanese attack on the occupier militia was an opportunistic act, perhaps, but it was not ‘terrorism’. More like gang warfare between rival criminal gangs. 2001:569:7A07:D00:2040:6E21:551E:38C5 (talk) 15:43, 5 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
[citation needed] Someone who's wrong on the internet (talk) 16:21, 5 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Dutch plane destroyed at Pearl Harbour

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Should the destroyed dutch Catalina seaplane be singled out in the losses section?

https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/279112 2A01:799:14E2:6A00:790E:A35C:58C4:75E4 (talk) 20:35, 27 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

presaging fiction

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Across the Pacific a 1942 American spy film set on the eve of the entry of the United States into World War II. It was directed first by John Huston, then by Vincent Sherman after Huston joined the United States Army Signal Corps. It stars Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, and Sydney Greenstreet. Despite the title, the action never progresses across the Pacific, concluding in Panama. The original script portrayed an attempt to avert a Japanese plan to invade Pearl Harbor. When the real-life attack on Pearl Harbor occurred, production was shut down for three months, resuming on March 2, 1942, with a revised script changing the target to Panama.[1][2]

The screenplay by Richard Macauley was an adaptation of a Saturday Evening Post serial by Robert Carson, “Aloha Means Goodbye”, published June 28–July 26, 1941.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ Astor, Mary, A Life on Film, Dell Publishing 1967, New York, p. 157
  2. ^ "Across the Pacific (1942) - Notes". tcmdb Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved 2020-04-01.
  3. ^ "Across the Pacific". Variety. 1942-01-01. Retrieved 2020-04-01.
  4. ^ "Across the Pacific (1942) - Screenplay Info - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved 2020-04-01.

Piñanana (talk) 11:50, 8 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]