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Japenese Admiral Chuichi Nagumo makes final preparations for the attack on Pearl Harbor. He leads his huge fleet of 20 ships, including 6 aircraft carriers and 414 total war planes.
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Admiral Nagumo recieves a message saying "climb Mt. Niitaka"
which means "proceed with the attack. Mt. Niitaka is the highest peak in Taiwan which Japan had territorial control in 1941. -
At 7:00 AM, two radar operators detect a large number of incoming planes. They chose to ignore it, because a U.S. squad of planes were expected to arrive that soon.
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At 7:55 AM, the first bombs hit Pearl Harbor.
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The U.S. ship locations at 7:55 AM, right before the first bombs hit Pearl Harbor.
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The 8 largest U.S. battleships in Pearl Harbor were the Nevada, Arizona, California, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Oklahoma, Tennese, and the Maryland.
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At 8:10 AM the USS Arizona's ammunition storage explodes caused by the impact of a 1,764 pound bomb.
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Japan's two different wave attack strategy left the U.S. Navy little time to retaliate.
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On the airfields, the U.S. planes were packed so closely together that one bomb could destroy 4 or 5 planes at once.
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After the attack ended 2,403 Americans had been killed and 1,178 injured. 21 ships had either sunk or have been damaged and 350 U.S. planes were destroyed or badly damaged.
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We will remember those who died serving our country and we will remember those who gave their lives fighting for liberty
