Pearl Harbor

https://www.britannica.com › event › Pearl-Harbor-attack
The Pearl Harbor attack was a surprise aerial attack on the U S naval base at Pearl Harbor on Oahu Island Hawaii by the Japanese on December 7 1941 which precipitated the

https://www.history.com › articles › pearl-harbor
Pearl Harbor is a U S naval base near Honolulu Hawaii that was the scene of a devastating surprise attack by Japanese forces on December 7 1941

https://www.nps.gov › valr › learn › historyculture › timeline.htm
A Shot for Posterity The USS Ward s number three gun and its crew cited for firing the first shot the day of Japan s raid on Hawaii Official U S Navy Photograph from the collections of the

https://www.nationalww2museum.org › war › topics
From mid 1940 when FDR moved the US Pacific Fleet from San Diego to Pearl Harbor long simmering tensions between the United States and Japan reached a new state of intensity

https://www.cnn.com › us › pearl-harbour-bombing-anniversary-hnk
Survivors of the 1941 Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor have long been the center of a remembrance ceremony held each year on the military base s waterfront

https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Attack_on_Pearl_Harbor
The attack on Pearl Harbor nb 3 was a surprise military strike by the Empire of Japan on the United States Pacific Fleet at its naval base at Pearl Harbor on Oahu Hawaii on December 7

https://www.war.gov › ... › remembering-pearl-harbor
On Dec 7 1941 Japan launched a surprise attack on the U S Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor Hawaii The assault killed or wounded more than 3 500 American troops and civilians

https://www.history.navy.mil › ... › world-war-ii › pearl-harbor.html
American technological skill raised and repaired all but three of the ships sunk or damaged at Pearl Harbor Most importantly the shock and anger that Americans felt in the wake of the

https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org › content › en › article › pearl-harbor
The assault on Pearl Harbor marked a major turning point in World War II 1939 1945 It drew the United States into a global conflict that would continue until 1945 and