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Pearl Harbor

By smarcucc

  • China and the United States

    China and the United States
    The road to war between Japan and the United States began in the 1930s when differences over China drove the two nations apart

  • Japan

    Japan
    In 1931 Japan conquered Manchuria, which until then had been part of China.

  • Japan and the Nazis

    Japan and the Nazis
    In 1940, the Japanese government allied their country with Nazi Germany in the Axis Alliance, and, in the following year, occupied all of Indochina.

  • United States cut materials to Japan

    United States cut materials to Japan
    The United States, which had important political and economic interests in East Asia, was alarmed by these Japanese moves. The U.S. increased military and financial aid to China, embarked on a program of strengthening its military power in the Pacific, and cut off the shipment of oil and other raw materials to Japan.

  • Planning the Attack

    Planning the Attack
    In the spring of 1941, Japanese carrier pilots began training in the special tactics called for by the Pearl Harbor attack plan.

  • And they are in the air...

    And they are in the air...
    At dawn 7 December 1941, the Japanese task force had approached undetected to a point slightly more than 200 miles north of Oahu

  • The date of Infamy begins

    The date of Infamy begins
    At 6:00 a.m. on 7 December, the six Japanese carriers launched a first wave of 181 planes composed of torpedo bombers, dive bombers, horizontal bombers and fighters. Even as they winged south, some elements of U.S. forces on Oahu realized there was something different about this Sunday morning.

  • The Attack Continues

    The Attack Continues
    Of the more than 90 ships at anchor in Pearl Harbor, the primary targets were the eight battleships anchored there. seven were moored on Battleship Row along the southeast shore of Ford Island while the USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) lay in drydock across the channel. Within the first minutes of the attack all the battleships adjacent to Ford Island had taken bomb and or torpedo hits

  • Ships destroyed

    Ships destroyed
    When the attack ended shortly before 10:00 a.m., less than two hours after it began, the American forces has paid a fearful price. Twenty-one ships of the U.S. Pacific Fleet were sunk or damaged: the battleships USS Arizona (BB-39), USS California (BB-44), USS Maryland (BB-46), USS Nevada (BB-36), USS Oklahoma (BB-37), USS Pennsylvania (BB-38), USS Tennessee (BB-43) and USS West Virginia (BB-48);