Claim

After the 7 December 1941 Pearl Harbor attack, the United States fought until 1945 and dropped nuclear bombs rather than seeking peace with its attacker.

“Does she know what happened after Pearl Harbor? After Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941... till 1945... the Americans drop the nuclear bomb.”

Rationale

This is settled World War II history. Japan attacked Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, bringing the US into the war; the US fought until 1945 and dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima (6 August 1945) and Nagasaki (9 August 1945), forcing Japan's surrender rather than negotiating peace with its attacker. Dates and sequence in the claim are correct.

Evidence

• https://www.trumanlibrary.gov/education/presidential-inquiries/decision-drop-atomic-bomb Truman Library: after Japan's Dec 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor attack drew the US into WWII, the US fought on and President Truman authorized dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima (Aug 6, 1945) and Nagasaki (Aug 9, 1945) rather than negotiating peace. ✓ reachable · archived
• https://ahf.nuclearmuseum.org/ahf/history/attack-pearl-harbor-1941/ Atomic Heritage Foundation confirms Japan attacked Pearl Harbor on Dec 7, 1941, bringing the US into the war that ended in 1945. ✓ reachable · archived
• https://www.npr.org/2005/08/05/4785786/timeline-the-road-to-hiroshima NPR timeline documents the US atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, following nearly four years of war after Pearl Harbor. ✓ reachable · archived