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Pearl Harbor attack, surprise aerial attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor on Oahu Island, Hawaii, by the Japanese on December 7, 1941, which precipitated the entry of the United States into World War II. Learn more about the details and significance of the attack in this article.
Author: United States Army. Pearl Harbor has two maps: attack maps &Island Maps. Island maps show which places were attacked and island maps are the map of Islands. Pearl Harbor holds a significant place in American history as the site of a devastating surprise attack by the Japanese on December 7, 1941. Understanding the layout of Pearl Harbor ...
6 Δεκ 2018 · On December 7, 1941, Japanese forces attacked Pearl Harbor. Maps, both historic and newly created by National Geographic, yield new insights into the full scope of Japan's battle plans...
When six Japanese aircraft carriers left Japan for Hawaii on 26 November 1941, laden with over 400 aircraft that would attack the naval base at Pearl Harbor in two waves, the US was staggeringly unprepared.
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.
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.
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.
