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The first wave of bomber flyers left around six in the morning. (6:10) They had only been around 235 miles from Pearl Harbor. -
Around 6:45, the USS Ward fired on a Japanese submarine spotted towards the front of the entrance of Pearl Harbor.
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The Japanese planes that had previously left earlier that morning had arrived in Oahu around 7 AM. The radar gave a warning that these planes were approaching but the operators pushed the news off. -
Around 7:55, the planes had begun dropping torpedos and were given specific things they were told to target. Some of those things include battleships and the air station. -
After causing chaos and panic in the base, at 8:06 AM, the USS Arizona was exploded. Over a thousand crew members lost their lives on this ship during this attack. -
Almost an hour after the first attack, the Japanese pilots started to aim for different targets. Some included the fuel storage areas and the Navy Yard. This was all taking place at 8:53 AM. -
The Pearl Harbor attack ended after two hours and killed over 2,000 Americans. -
Shortly after the attacks on December 8th, FDR asked Congress to declare war. -
Japan declared war on the United States just a few hours before the attacks, they had also declared war on Great Britain. They wanted the message to be delivered thirty minutes prior to the attacks but it ended up being submitted a few hours after. -
Even a year after the attack, the remaining soldiers felt guilt and anger towards the events. There were many occurrences of soldiers that wrote home and were still bothered by it years after. This note inserted took place a year after the attack.
