The attack on Pearl Harbor was a
surprise military strike conducted
by the Imperial Japanese Navy against
the United States naval base at Pearl
Harbor, Hawaii, on the morning of
December 7, 1941 (December 8 in Japan).
The attack was intended as a preventive
action in order to keep the U.S. Pacific
Fleet from interfering with military
actions the Empire of Japan was planning
in Southeast Asia against overseas
territories of the United Kingdom, the
Netherlands, and the United States.
The base was attacked by 353 Japanese
fighters, bombers and torpedo planes in
two waves,launched from six aircraft carriers.
All eight U.S. Navy battleships were damaged,
with four being sunk. Of these eight damaged,
two were raised, and with four repaired, six
battleships returned to service later in the war.
The Japanese also sank or damaged three cruisers,
three destroyers, an anti-aircraft training ship,
and one minelayer. 188 U.S. aircraft were destroyed;
2,402 Americans were killed and 1,282 wounded.
The power station, shipyard, maintenance, and
fuel and torpedo storage facilities, as well
as the submarine piers and headquarters building
(also home of the intelligence section) were not
attacked. Japanese losses were light: 29 aircraft
and five midget submarines lost, and 65 servicemen
killed or wounded. One Japanese sailor was captured.
allies:
P40C
SBD
C47
jeep
Lvt's
M3
M16
Axis:
A6m2
B5N
D3A
jeep
LVT's
M3
M16
ICONS:
friendly 3k
enemy 0k
