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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.
Oct 29, 2009 · 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...
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 ...
Dec 7, 2004 · The following is a timeline of selected events leading up to, and following, the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The USS Shaw was destroyed when its magazine detonated in a huge explosion.
Overview. On the morning of December 7, 1941, Japan attacked the US naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The surprise attack by some 350 Japanese aircraft sunk or badly damaged eighteen US naval vessels, including eight battleships, destroyed or damaged 300 US aircraft, and killed 2,403 men.
That was the “long fuse” of the Great Pacific War (1941-45), the long-term background to Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941. Sitting in the Japanese crosshairs that fateful Sunday morning was not only the US Pacific Fleet, but the Hawaiian Islands.
Dec 6, 2021 · HISTORY & CULTURE. EXPLAINER. 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...
