What was the attack of Pearl Harbor?

The Japanese attacked American forces in Pearl Harbor, a military base in Hawaii. This attack is what brought the USA in to WW2. The attack was very deadly and killed hundreds of American soldiers. They attacked in the morning with fighter jets

The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise, preemptive military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service upon the United States (a neutral country at the time) against the naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, just before 08:00, on Sunday morning, December 7, 1941.