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  2. Attack on Pearl Harbor - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Air raids on Japan - Wikipedia

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    A second American Volunteer Group was also formed in late 1941 to attack Japan from bases in China using Hudson and A-20 Havoc medium bombers. The attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941 led to open hostilities between the US and Japan and ended the need for covert operations, however, and this unit did not become active. The small number of ...

  4. Attack on Pearl Harbor order of battle - Wikipedia

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    Marine Barracks Pearl Harbor (Col. Gilder D. Jackson Jr.) Observer from the Headquarters Marine Corps: Lt. Col. William J. Whaling Marine Barracks, Naval Ammunition Depot, Oahu (Maj. Francis M. McAlister) 1st Defense Battalion [18] (Lt. Col. Bertram A. Bone) 3rd Defense Battalion [18] (Lt. Col. Robert H. Pepper; acting commander Maj. Harold C ...

  5. Pearl Harbor Day: See photos of the attack that brought the ...

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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.

  6. Japanese submarine HA. 19 - Wikipedia

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    At 03:30 on 7 December 1941, HA. 19 was launched from I-24 with a broken gyrocompass. The crew had four-and-a-half hours to reach Pearl Harbor, and attempted to fix the compass en route. HA. 19 approached the harbor entrance, but impaired by the malfunctioning compass, she hit a reef three times and grounded on the right side of the entrance at ...

  7. Doolittle Raid - Wikipedia

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    Doolittle Raid targets and landing fields. President Franklin D. Roosevelt spoke to the Joint Chiefs of Staff in a meeting at the White House on 21 December 1941 and said that Japan should be bombed as soon as possible to boost public morale after Pearl Harbor. [8]

  8. Did FDR know about the Pearl Harbor attack before it ... - AOL

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    The Japanese attack on the U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor destroyed almost 200 U.S. aircraft, took 2,400 lives, and swayed Americans to support the decision to join World War II.

  9. 100-year-old Pearl Harbor survivor recalls confusion and ...

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    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.