Japanese decide not to launch third attack on Pearl Harbor 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 7 1941)


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(Sunday, December 7, 1941, 12:30 p.m. in Honolulu/6:00 p.m. in Washington/Monday, December 8, 1941, 8:00 a.m. in Tokyo; during the Attack on Pearl Harbor, part of the Asiatic-Pacific Theater of World War II) — Japanese Admiral Chuichi Nagumo decided this afternoon against launching a third attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, which might have destroyed the fuel oil storage and repair facilities which would have rendered the most important American naval base in the Pacific useless.