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, 1941. At the time, the U.S. was a neutral country in World War II.

2025年1月1日 · Pearl Harbor attack, 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 entry of the United States into World War II. Learn more about the details and significance of …

2009年10月29日 · On December 7, 1941 the Japanese military launched a surprise attack on the US Naval base at Pearl Harbor. The attack killed 2,403 service members and wounded 1,178 more, and sank or...

Early on December 7, 1941, citizens and servicemembers alike in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, faced terror as Japanese planes rained fire on the island in a stunning surprise attack. The assault quickly plunged the United States into a world-changing war.

2025年1月1日 · Why did Japan attack Pearl Harbor? How long did the Pearl Harbor attack last? Was the Pearl Harbor attack successful? Did the Pearl Harbor attack signal the beginning of World War II for the United States? What is Pearl Harbor like today?

On December 7, 1941, a date that President Franklin D. Roosevelt claimed would “live in infamy,” the Imperial Japanese Navy conducted a surprise aerial assault on Pearl Harbor. This unprovoked attack brought the United States into World War II, as it immediately declared war on Japan.

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; severely...

Japanese bombers from Formosa struck U.S. airfields in the Philippines, destroying more than half of the U.S. Army’s aircraft in the Far East and wiping out the largest contingent of B-17 Flying Fortresses outside the continental United States.

2024年12月16日 · On the morning of December 7, 1941, Japanese bombers staged a surprise attack on U.S. military and naval forces in Hawaii. In a devastating defeat, the United States suffered 3,435 casualties and loss of or severe damage to 188 planes, 8 battleships, 3 light cruisers, and 4 miscellaneous vessels.

The bolstering of defenses in the Philippines, Hawaii, Guam, Midway and Wake Island, as well as stationing the United States Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor, made America the first priority for a Japanese attack.

2018年4月10日 · On December 7, 1941 the Japanese military launched a surprise attack on the US Naval base at Pearl Harbor. The attack killed 2,403 service members and wounded 1,178 more, and sank or...

2024年12月5日 · Amid rising tensions with the U.S. during WWII, Japan launched a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941—later described as a "date which shall live in infamy." Much of the...

On December 7th, 1941, a day that has been embedded in our collective memory, we explore the timeline of the Pearl Harbor attack and how it eventually led to the U.S. joining World War II. Get a detailed look at the key figures involved, as well as the sequence of events that unfolded.

On December 7, 1941, the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service struck the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory. The attack directly led to the United States’ entrance into World War Two. Japan quickly followed up the attack with the invasion of numerous Pacific Islands. They held them through several years of gruesome fighting.

2018年11月30日 · On December 7, 1941 the Japanese military launched a surprise attack on the US Naval base at Pearl Harbor. The attack killed 2,403 service members and wounded 1,178 more, and sank or...

The attack on Pearl Harbor was the culmination of a decade of deteriorating relations between Japan and the United States over the status of China and the security of Southeast Asia. The breakdown began in 1931 when Japanese army extremists, in defiance of government policy, invaded and overran the northern-most Chinese province of Manchuria.

The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike on the United States Pacific Fleet base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii by the Empire of Japan's Imperial Japanese Navy, on the morning of Sunday, December 7, 1941.

The Pearl Harbor attack took place on December 7, 1941, when the Japanese unleashed a surprise aerial attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor on the island of Oahu, Hawaii.

2025年2月4日 · Seventy years ago the people of the United States were stunned by the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. The next day, President Franklin Roosevelt asked Congress for a declaration of war against Japan, and the country was now embroiled in World War II. The story of what FDR called “a date which will live in infamy” has been told many times in print and on film.

Hideki Tojo, Japanese Prime Minister at the time of the attack. Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor took place on December 7, 1941. The United States military suffered 19 ships damaged or sunk, and 2,403 people were killed. Its most significant consequence was the entrance of the United States into World War II.The US had previously been officially neutral and considered an …

6 天之前 · According to multiple Pearl Harbor tour sites, out of the 102 ships in the harbor at the time of the attack, only 69 were damaged. This speaks to the highly targeted mission the Japanese set out ...

On December 7, 1941 the Japanese launched a surprise attack on the US Naval Base Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, using bombers, torpedo bombers and midget submarines.

Pearl Harbor attack, (Dec. 7, 1941) Surprise aerial attack by the Japanese on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor on Oahu island, Hawaii, that precipitated U.S. entry into World War II.

2025年2月1日 · William Henry Pratt, who survived both the 1941 surprise attack on Pearl Harbor and a series of dangerous patrols aboard a submarine during World War II, died Jan. 23 in Fresno, Calif. He was 103.

Using archival footage and interviews with survivors, this docuseries chronicles the attack that changed the course of World War II. Watch trailers & learn more.