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The attack on Pearl Harbor [nb 3] was a surprise military strike by the Empire of Japan on the United States Pacific Fleet at its naval base at Pearl Harbor on Oahu, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941. At the time, the U.S. was a neutral country in World War II .
English: In January 1941, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto began developing a plan to attack the American base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. For eleven months, the Japanese continued to refine their plans while at the same time working diplomatically to relieve tensions with the United States.
In February 1954, Reader's Digest published Fuchida's story of the attack on Pearl Harbor. [21] Fuchida also wrote and co-wrote books, including From Pearl Harbor to Golgotha, a.k.a. From Pearl Harbor to Calvary, and a 1955 expansion of his 1951 book Midway, a.k.a. Midway: The Battle that Doomed Japan, the Japanese Navy's Story. [22]
Over 80 years later, Dec. 7, 1941 is a date that still lives in infamy. The attack on Pearl Harbor launched the United States into World War II and left an indelible scar on the American psyche ...
Planes taking off 1st Air Fleet Aichi dive bombers preparing to bomb American naval base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Carrier Shokaku preparing to launch the attack on Pearl Harbor. Japanese aircraft carrier Shōhō being hit by bombs and torpedoes at the Battle of the Coral Sea. Japanese aircraft at the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands.
Smoke rises from the battleship USS Arizona as it sinks during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on Dec. 7, 1941. Then the United States Fleet steamed out of Pearl Harbor. The sound of ...
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.
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: 27 January 2014, 07:15: Source: Pearl Harbor Attack, 7 ...