Attack on Pearl Harbour December 1941
The attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters was a surprise military strike conducted by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbour, Hawaii, on the morning of December 7, 1941 (December 8 in Japan). From the standpoint of the defenders, the attack commenced at 7:48 a.m. Hawaiin Time.The attack was intended as a preventative action in order to keep the US Pacific Fleet from interfering with military actions the Empire of Japan was planning in Southeast Asia against overseas territories of the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and the United States.
A service man retreieves a Japanese Airman
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American convoy plods steadily across the broad Pacific
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Bloody Saturday
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Burned and wrecked hangar at the Naval Air Station
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Capsized USS Oklahoma
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Captured Japanese film
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Captured Japanese film taken on board Japansese carrier
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Captured Japanese photograph taken during attack on Pearl Harbour
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Captured Japanese photograph taken during attack on Pearl Harbour
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Captured Japanese photograph taken during attack on Pearl Harbour.
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Fighting fires on the sunken battleship West Virginia
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Kaneohoe Naval Air Station
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Map of Pearl Harbour.
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Men watch as fire fighters battle flames in USS LST-480
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Overhead view of the burned out hulk of USS LST-480
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Overhead view of the burning hulk of USS LST-480
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Rescue parties working on the USS UTAH
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The capsized USS OKLAHOMA
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The capsized USS OKLAHOMA
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The capsized USS OKLAHOMA
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The US Hawaiian Air Base at Wheeler Airfield
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The USS ARIZONA
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The USS CALIFORNIA (BB44) after the attack
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The USS NEVADA (BB36) after the Japanese attack
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The USS Nevada after the Japanese attack
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The USS OGLALA
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The USS WEST VIRGINIA
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The wrecked destroyers USS Downes and USS Cassin
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Transfer of a rescued aviator
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USS Arizona burning after the attack
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USS ARIZONA, the USS TENNESSEE and the USS WEST VIRGINIA
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USS ARIZONA, the USS TENNESSEE and the USS WEST VIRGINIA
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USS LST-39 on fire
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USS MARYLAND damaged slightly
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USS Shaw
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USS Shaw exploding during the raid
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USS West Virginia and the USS Tennessee
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View of “Battleship Row” during or immediately after the Japanese raid
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