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  1. The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service on the American naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii, in the United States, just before 8:00 a.m. (local time) on Sunday, December 7, 1941.

  2. Dec 6, 2021 · 80 years after Pearl Harbor, here's how the attack changed history. Certain of inevitable war with the U.S., Japan launched a preemptive strike that shocked Americans and prompted the nation to...

  3. Nov 30, 2018 · On December 7, 1941 the Japanese military launched a surprise attack on the US Naval base at Pearl Harbor. The attack killed 2,403 service members and wounded 1,178 more, and sank or destroyed six ...

  4. Pearl Harbor attack, (December 7, 1941), surprise aerial attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor on Oahu Island, Hawaii, by the Japanese that precipitated the entry of the United States into World War II. The strike climaxed a decade of worsening relations between the United States and Japan.

  5. www.history.navy.mil › 1941 › pearl-harborPearl Harbor Attack - NHHC

    Apr 5, 2024 · 7 December 1941. USS Arizona (BB-39) ablaze, immediately following the explosion of her forward magazines, 7 December 1941. Frame clipped from a color motion picture taken from onboard USS Solace (AH-5) (80-G-K-13512). World War II came to the United States of America on Sunday morning, 7 December 1941, with a massive surprise attack by the ...

  6. Oct 29, 2009 · Pearl Harbor, a U.S. naval base near Honolulu, Hawaii, was the scene of a devastating surprise attack by Japanese forces on December 7, 1941. The day after the attack, President Franklin D ...

  7. The surprise attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese led the United States to enter World War II. Overview On the morning of December 7, 1941, Japan attacked the US naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

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