Pearl Harbor Timeline By micahbailey21 Nov 26, 1941 Japanese attack force started their journey accross the Pacific Dec 7, 1941 Attack begins at 6:00 am Dec 7, 1941 More Japanse planes leave to attack Dec 7, 1941 7:55 Japanese planes reach Pearl Harbor Dec 7, 1941 U.S. intelligence decodes a message pointing to Sunday morning as a deadline for some kind of Japanese Attack Dec 7, 1941 Bombs hits the Arizona Dec 7, 1941 8:39 Japanese sub spotted Dec 7, 1941 8:54 second wave of Japense attack Dec 7, 1941 at 1:00 the Japanese attackers leave Period: Dec 7, 1941 to Dec 8, 1941 Attack Dec 8, 1941 Roosevelt ask congress for a decloration of war