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The Japanese finalized their plans to attack Pearl Harbor
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- The soldiers at the naval base wake up on Sunday, which is their rest day.
- 183 Japanese fighters, bombers, and torpedo planes take off towards Pearl Harbor
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Two privates on duty look at the radar and see at least 50 aircrafts approaching their base. They go down to report it. An Army lieutenant at Fort Shafter in Honolulu believed they were a group of American B-17 Flying Fortress bombers. But for security reasons, all he could tell the radar operators was "Well, don't worry about it."
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The Japanese began to release bombs on Pearl Harbor. This was a successful surprise attack, as the US had no idea this was coming
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After managing to regroup from the shock and surprise of being attacked, the US soldiers began to fight back, but they quickly ran out of ammo, if the ships even had any to begin with.
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The largest ship and the main target of the Japanese bombers, the USS Arizona, was attacked, because it had the most gunpowder available to make a big explosion. The ship was sunk within 9 minutes.
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35 fighters, 78 dive-bombers, and 54 high-altitude bombers came through, but this time were met by anti-aircraft guns, which lessened the severity of the attack.
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After contimplating on doing a 3rd attack on the gasoline tanks, the Japanese decided to go home. They were afraid the US Carriers would come and get them since they did not know their locations.
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The first wave of attacks by the Japanese ends. The US had help on the way in case anything else happened.
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The top 10 events for the attack on Pearl Harbor
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The United States declared war on Japan by a Senate vote of 388 to 1. Later on, Germany and Italy would also declare war on the US.
