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At 7:55 AM the coordinated attack on Pearl Harbor begins. At 8:10 AM the battleship USS Arizona explodes. At 8:17 AM the destroyer USS Helm fires on and sinks a Japanese submarine at the entrance to the harbor. At 8:54 AM the second wave of Japanese planes, numbering nearly 170, begins its attack. At 9:30 AM the destroyer USS Shaw explodes in ...
Oct 16, 2023 · Mailing Address: National Park Service. Pearl Harbor National Memorial. 1 Arizona Memorial Place. Honolulu, HI 96818.
The U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor on Oahu Island, Hawaii, was attacked by the Japanese on December 7, 1941. President Franklin D. Roosevelt speaking to Congress on December 8, 1941 said “Yesterday, December 7, 1941—a date which will live in infamy—the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.”
Mar 29, 2023 · Pearl Harbor was the site of the unprovoked aerial attack on the United States by Japan on December 7, 1941. Before the attack, many Americans were reluctant to become involved in the war in Europe. This all changed when the United States declared war on Japan, bringing the country into World War II. Key Facts. 1.
Apr 26, 2019 · Updated on April 26, 2019. On the morning of December 7, 1941, the Japanese launched a surprise air attack on the U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. After just two hours of bombing more than 2,400 Americans were dead, 21 ships * had either been sunk or damaged, and more than 188 U.S. aircraft destroyed.
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. Across the nation, Americans were stunned, shocked, and angered.
Pearl Harbor attack, (Dec. 7, 1941) Surprise aerial attack by the Japanese on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor on Oahu island, Hawaii, that precipitated U.S. entry into World War II. In the decade preceding the attack, U.S.-Japanese relations steadily worsened, especially after Japan entered into an alliance with the Axis powers (Germany and ...
