Attack on Pearl Harbor

Before the attack

1941 BCE

In this image, we can see
Pearl Harbor, before the attack that the Japanese were to carry out.

A model

1941

Here we see a Pearl Harbor Naval Base model built in Japan in 1941 to help plan the attack on the facility. This image was brought from Japan to the United States at the end of World War II by Admiral John Shafroth of the American Navy.

Chuichi Nagumo

1941

Admiral Chuichi Nagumo; commander-in-chief of the Japanese attack fleet, during the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor

Preparing the second wave

1941

There was an aircraft base, from the second wave, preparing to depart from the Shokaku aircraft carrier to Pearl Harbor

First bomb

1941

In the image, we can see what is believed to be the first bomb to fall on the base of Pearl Harbor. The photograph was found in pieces at the Yokosuka base.

Burning

Jul 12, 1942

In this harsh image, we see how American ships burn during the attack on Pearl Harbor