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Attack on Pearl Harbour
On December 7, 1941, the Japanese decided to make an attack in Pearl Harbour to neutralize the US. The American fleet concentrated in the Pacific was almost destroyed.
6 aircraft carriers, more than 400 aircraft, two battleships, three cruisers, nine destroyers and three submarines were used. More than 4,500 Americans were killed and injured. -
End of the attack.
End of the attack. The second wave returns. -
The Japanesse fleet remained hidden.
Until 3:42 in the morning of December 7, the Japanese fleet remained hidden. At this time one of the submarines was spotted by an American minesweeper, named Condor, who did not warn of the danger. -
Japanese planes were heading towards their goal.
At 6:10 am 183 Japanese planes were heading towards their goal. The Japanese pilots make use of a radio located in Honolulu, to go towards their goal. -
Reported message
At 7:40 am the report was issued. It says: "It's cloudy in the mountains, but visibility is good." -
Decrypted message
Washington: at 7:33, Hawaii time, the intelligence services managed to decrypt the Japanese message.
The message would not reach Pearl Harbor until 11:45, when there was enough time to react. -
The attack has begun
At 7:55, Pearl Harbor attack has begun. On Japanese radio, another message thunders: "Tora! Torah! Torah!". Mitsuo Fuchida, leader of the first wave, transmits to Admiral Yamamoto, strategist of the attack, that Pearl Harbor has no defense. -
The second wave begins
At 8:45 am, the planes of the first wave return to the aircraft carriers and the second wave begins with 167 aircraft. -
President Franklin D. Roosevelt talks.
On December 8, 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt addresses the nation and Congress.
"Yesterday," Roosevelt said, "December 7, 1941, a date that will live in infamy, the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan." -
War ends.
The war with Japan would end on August 15, 1945 after the nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which would undo the Japanese Empire. -
