The United States celebrated the 80th anniversary of Japan's attack on the country 
base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Photos from the scene were published by Reuters.
As part of the commemoration ceremony, US President Joe Biden visited the World War II National Memorial in Washington. Together with his wife Jill, he laid a wreath at the columns in memory of the victims, as well as in honor of the father of the first lady, Donald Jacobs, who served as a signal officer for the US Navy during the war.
As a result of the attack on the morning of December 7 1941 on the Hawaiian island of Oahu, 2,403 people died. The attack shocked the nation and prompted the United States to enter World War II. At the time, US President Franklin Roosevelt described the previous day as “a date forever inscribed in history as a symbol of shame.” Pearl Harbor. According to a high-ranking Japanese military man, in this way he wanted to draw the attention of the United States to the exercises of the ships of the Russian Pacific Fleet in the Hawaiian Islands.