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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.
The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor led directly to the United States declaring war on Japan the next day, on December 8th. It also served as the official American entry into World War II. Below are plans and maps of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
The images juxtapose American and Japanese views of the attack, as well as its devastating aftermath. Use the story map above to navigate through the attack geographically and chronologically, and learn more about the catastrophic event that pushed the United States into World War II.
The Japanese aerial attack on US shipping at Pearl Harbor on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, was launched at 7.55am on Sunday 7 December. Devastatingly efficient, and apparently unexpected, it was characterized by President Roosevelt as “the day that will live in infamy” and precipitated the US declaration of war on Japan.
The attack on Pearl Harbor [nb 3] was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service on the American naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii, in the United States, just before 8:00 a.m. (local time) on Sunday, December 7, 1941.
On the morning of 8 December 1941 (still 7 December in Hawaii), Japan launched simultaneous attacks against American and British forces across the Pacific, bombing the US Pacific fleet at Pearl Harbor and invading Malaya, Thailand, Guam, the Philippines and the Chinese concessions.
At 7:48 am on 7 December 1941 (Hawaiian Time) Imperial Japanese fighters, bombers, and torpedo planes launched from six aircraft carriers mounted a surprise attack on the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory.
