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  1. www.britannica.com › event › Pearl-Harbor-attackPearl Harbor attack | Date, History, Map, Casualties, Timeline, &...

    Sep 25, 2024 · 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.

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      Pearl Harbor attack, (Dec. 7, 1941) Surprise aerial attack...

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      The Pearl Harbor attack took place on December 7, 1941, when...

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      Oahu, island, Honolulu county, Hawaii, U.S. It is separated...

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  3. www.britannica.com › event › Pearl-Harbor-attackPearl Harbor attack - Japanese, Surprise, WWII | Britannica

    Sep 25, 2024 · Pearl Harbor attack Explosions rocking the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, during the Japanese surprise air attack on December 7, 1941. (more) The first Japanese dive-bomber appeared over Pearl Harbor at 7:55 am (local time).

  4. www.britannica.com › topic › Pearl-HarborPearl Harbor | Facts & History | Britannica

    Sep 20, 2024 · Pearl Harbor, naval base and headquarters of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, Honolulu county, southern Oahu Island, Hawaii, U.S. In U.S. history the name recalls the surprise Japanese air attack on December 7, 1941, that temporarily crippled the U.S. Fleet and resulted in the United States’ entry into World War II. (See Pearl Harbor Attack.)

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  6. www.oxfordreference.com › display › 10Pearl Harbor And The Explosions - Oxford Reference

    Sep 18, 2024 · Formed in San Francisco, California, in 1979, this much-touted attraction was centred on vocalist Pearl Harbor (b. 1958, Germany, of a Filipino mother), who, as Pearl E. Gates, had previously ...

  7. www.pearlharbortours.com › blog › facts-about-pearl-harbor14 Interesting Pearl Harbor Facts | Oahu Attack & USS Arizona

    Sep 15, 2024 · There were 2335 service members and 68 civilians, for a total of 2403 people killed during the Pearl Harbor attack who are remembered on Pearl Harbor Day each year. (There were 1178 wounded.) Of those, almost 1/2 or 1177 died when the USS Arizona was fatally attacked and exploded.

  8. www.smithsonianmag.com › history › sinking-uss-indianapolisThe Sinking of the USS Indianapolis Triggered the Worst Shark...

    Sep 20, 2024 · Sharks were drawn in by the sound of the explosions, the sinking of the ship, and the thrashing and blood in the water.

  9. www.nps.gov › perl › learnMilitary Casualties - Pearl Harbor National Memorial (U.S....

    Sep 20, 2024 · Smoke from burning planes and hangars filled the sky, while oil from sinking ships clogged the harbor. Death was everywhere. The fleet in Pearl Harbor, the focus of the attack, suffered the greatest loss: almost half the total casualties occurred when the USS Arizona exploded.