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Pearl Harbor TImeline
Pearl -
Japan Attack
8:00 a.m.
Japan is attacking Oahu. -
Oahu
7:02 a.m.
50 or more aircraft are heading for Oahu. -
Warning
7:33 a.m.
A warning is sent to General Walter C. Short. The U.S. had cracked the Japanese codes. -
Japanese carriers
7:55 a.m.
Planes from the first wave take off from the Japanese carriers. -
Air Raid
7:55 a.m.
There is an air raid on Pearl Harbor. -
Battleship Pennsylvania Hit
10:30 a.m.
Bombers attack the navy yard dry dock. The battleship Pennsylvania is hit. -
Death Toll
10:30 a.m.
The death toll reaches 2,390. -
The minesweeper
The officer of the deck of the minesweeper Condor is on patrol less than two miles off the entrance to Pearl Harbor. The officer sees something and asks the sailor what the object is. The sailor told him that it was a periscope and there wasn't supposed to be any submarines in the area. -
President Roosevelt
12:29 p.m.
President Roosevelt announces that Japan attacked the U.S.A. -
War of Japan
1: p.m.
The Senate adopted a resolution declaring war on Japan.