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The damaged battleship USS California, listing to port after being hit by Japanese aerial torpedoes and bombs, is seen off Ford Island during the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, U.S. December 7, 1941.
The Empire of Japan's 1941 attack plan on Pearl Harbor. Preliminary planning for an attack on Pearl Harbor to protect the move into the "Southern Resource Area", the Japanese term for the Dutch East Indies and Southeast Asia generally, began early in 1941 under the auspices of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, then commanding Japan's Combined Fleet.
80-G-K-13513 (Color): Pearl Harbor Attack, 7 December 1941. The forward magazines of USS Arizona (BB-39) explode after she was hit by a Japanese bomb, 7 December 1941. Frame clipped from a color motion picture taken from on board USS Solace (AH-5). Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2016/01/14). Date
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/World War II Creator Imperial Japanese Navy, uploaded by Ypacaraí. Support as nominator – The Weather Event Writer (Talk Page) 21:09, 11 January 2025 (UTC) Support Wcamp9 23:09, 11 January 2025 (UTC) Comment Needs minor cleanup work. Small creases and damage to the print.
The bomb was used by Japanese forces at the Battle of Midway. [3] The bomb was designed in 1937 and adopted in 1938, and will penetrate 400 mm of reinforced concrete. [2] Type 99 No.25: Ordinary Bomb: 250 kg (550 lb) 60 kg (132 lb) Type 91 explosive (Trinitroanisol) One piece of machine forged 19 mm (3 ⁄ 4 in) steel: 170 cm (68 in) Horizontal ...
Sailors walk amongst the wreckage of the American destroyers USS Cassin and USS Downes after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941. The battleship USS Pennsylvania is ...
Two survivors of the bombing — each 100 or older — are planning to return to Pearl Harbor on Saturday to observe the 83rd anniversary of the attack that thrust the US into World War II.
Moments later McDonald and Schimmel heard a loud noise indicating the arrival of a large formation of aircraft. At approximately 07:50 they saw Japanese planes in a single file attacking Pearl Harbor and Hickam Field. [2] After the Japanese attack started, McDonald and Schimmel were called back to the Intercept Center.