Pearl Harbor

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    Pearl Harbor TImeline

    Pearl
  • Japan Attack

    Japan Attack
    8:00 a.m.
    Japan is attacking Oahu.
  • Oahu

    Oahu
    7:02 a.m.
    50 or more aircraft are heading for Oahu.
  • Warning

    Warning
    7:33 a.m.
    A warning is sent to General Walter C. Short. The U.S. had cracked the Japanese codes.
  • Japanese carriers

    Japanese carriers
    7:55 a.m.
    Planes from the first wave take off from the Japanese carriers.
  • Air Raid

    Air Raid
    7:55 a.m.
    There is an air raid on Pearl Harbor.
  • Battleship Pennsylvania Hit

    Battleship Pennsylvania Hit
    10:30 a.m.
    Bombers attack the navy yard dry dock. The battleship Pennsylvania is hit.
  • Death Toll

    Death Toll
    10:30 a.m.
    The death toll reaches 2,390.
  • The minesweeper

    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

    President Roosevelt
    12:29 p.m.
    President Roosevelt announces that Japan attacked the U.S.A.
  • War of Japan

    War of Japan
    1: p.m.
    The Senate adopted a resolution declaring war on Japan.