Pearl Harbor

Pearl Harbor

"A Date Which Will Live in Infamy."

With Japan already controlling much of east Asia in the early parts of World War II, the U.S. decided to enact an embargo, cutting off Japan from U.S. oil. Negotiations ensued, but Japan viewed the U.S. fleet as a treat to its vision of a Pacific empire. On the morning of December 7, 1941, the Japanese Navy launched a surprise attack on the U.S. naval fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

December 7, 1941

American Losses:19 ships sunk or damaged(including all 8 battleships)188 aricarft destroyed159 aircraft damaged2,402 Americans killed1,247 Americans woundedJapanese Losses:29 aircarft destroyed5 midget subs lost64 Japanese killed