Daily History Challenge · No. 121 · Tuesday 27 October 2026 · Chain
Puzzle No. 121: Chain
The anchor was Attack on Pearl Harbor (1941 CE). Every challenger is listed below with its year.
The anchor
On the morning of 7 December 1941, Japanese carrier-based aircraft launched a surprise attack on the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, sinking or damaging numerous battleships and other vessels and killing about 2,400 Americans. Japan simultaneously attacked British and American positions across the Pacific and Southeast Asia. The following day the United States declared war on Japan; on 11 December Germany and Italy declared war on the United States. The attack ended American non-belligerency and brought the world's largest industrial power fully into the war, decisively expanding the conflict into a truly global struggle. Although it crippled the U.S. battleship fleet, the absence of American aircraft carriers from the harbour left the most strategically important vessels intact.
The 10 challengers, in order of date
Before Attack on Pearl Harbor
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After Attack on Pearl Harbor
After Attack on Pearl Harbor