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Attack on Pearl Harbor
« on: December 07, 2015, 04:51:25 PM »
Attack on Pearl Harbor

December 7 1941

The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, in the United States Territory of Hawaii, on the morning of December 7, 1941.

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The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, in the United States Territory of Hawaii, on the morning of December 7, 1941. The attack led to the United States' entry into World War II.


Route followed by the Japanese fleet to Pearl Harbor and back.

Japan intended the attack as a preventive action to keep the U.S. Pacific Fleet from interfering with military actions the Empire of Japan planned in Southeast Asia against overseas territories of the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and the United States. There were near-simultaneous Japanese attacks on the U.S.-held Philippines, Guam and Wake Island and on the British Empire in Malaya, Singapore, and Hong Kong. The attacks - from troop landings at Kota Bharu, Malaya, to the air attacks ranging geographically from Hong Kong to Pearl Harbor - took place over seven hours.

The attack commenced at 7:48 a.m. Hawaiian Time. The base was attacked by 353 Japanese fighter planes, bombers, and torpedo planes in two waves, launched from six aircraft carriers. All eight U.S. Navy battleships were damaged, with four sunk. All but Arizona were later raised, and six were returned to service and went on to fight in the war. The Japanese also sank or damaged three cruisers, three destroyers, an anti-aircraft training ship, and one minelayer. 188 U.S. aircraft were destroyed; 2,403 Americans were killed and 1,178 others were wounded. Important base installations such as the power station, shipyard, maintenance, and fuel and torpedo storage facilities, as well as the submarine piers and headquarters building (also home of the intelligence section) were not attacked. Japanese losses were light: 29 aircraft and five midget submarines lost, and 64 servicemen killed. One Japanese sailor, Kazuo Sakamaki, was captured.

The attack came as a profound shock to the American people and led directly to the American entry into World War II in both the Pacific and European theaters. The following day, December 8, the United States declared war on Japan. Domestic support for non-interventionism, which had been fading since the German attack on France in 1940, disappeared. Clandestine support of the United Kingdom (e.g., the Neutrality Patrol) was replaced by active alliance. Subsequent operations by the U.S. prompted Germany and Italy to declare war on the U.S. on December 11, which was reciprocated by the U.S. the same day.


Battleship USS California sinking


An Aichi D3A Type 99 kanbaku (dive bomber) launches from the Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier Akagi to participate in the second wave during the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt - Pearl Harbor Address


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Re: Attack on Pearl Harbor
« Reply #1 on: December 08, 2015, 12:58:21 PM »
Veterans share memories of the attack on Pearl Harbor

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« Reply #2 on: December 08, 2015, 03:00:47 PM »
Veterans share memories of the attack on Pearl Harbor

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Living history :)
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Re: Attack on Pearl Harbor
« Reply #3 on: December 09, 2015, 12:47:02 AM »
Thanks for posting Asid.

Of the 2,403 Americans killed that day, 1,177 were from the USS Arizona. To this day, all U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard, and U.S. Merchant Marine vessels at Pearl Harbor and passing the memorial "Man the Rails" and render honors to the USS Arizona. In fact, Article 1282 of Navy Regulations directs that all persons on deck aboard ships passing the USS Arizona Memorial between sunrise and sunset be called to attention, and that those not in formation render the hand salute as the ship passes the memorial.

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