Pearl harbor 1

Attack on Pearl Harbor

By junearbina

  • 6:10 am

    6:10 am
    The first wave of planes took off from Japanese aircraft carriers, approximately 200 miles north of Oahu.

  • 6:45 AM

    6:45 AM
    The first shots fired by the USS Ward at a Japanese submarine. These were the first shots fired by the United States in World War II.
    The initial shot mises, but the second won doesn't.

  • 7:02-7:20 AM

    7:02-7:20 AM
    A radar station on Oahu spots unidentified aircraft heading toward Hawaii.
    18 minutes later Army lieutenant ignores the signal, thinking it's a flight of U.S. B-17 bombers coming from California.

  • 7:49 AM

    7:49 AM
    The Japanese aerial commander Mitsuo Fuchida orders the attack on Pearl Harbor.

  • 7:55 AM

    7:55 AM
    Mitsuo sends out the code, "Tora tora " to the navy of Japan. Saying the attack, surprise had been achieved.

  • 8:10-8:20 AM

    8:10-8:20 AM
    Within a couple of minutes. The USS West Virginia, USS Oklahoma, and USS Arizona all sank and the USS Arizona suffered heavy loss.

  • 8:54 AM

    8:54 AM
    The 2 wave of attack began, 4 high-altitude bombers attacked the battleship Pennsylvania and bombed three destroyers within the Navy yard dry pier.

  • 10:00 AM

    10:00 AM
    Japanese planes head back to Japan with not as much damage as the USS. The United States officially entered in to World War II.