Topic: PEARL HARBOR

Writings of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaiian Islands

The attack on Pearl Harbor (or bombing of Pearl Harbor) was a surprise attack on the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor on Oahu, Hawaii, carried out by naval forces of the Empire of Japan. It was launched on the morning of Sunday, December 7, 1941 (Hawaii time) by Empire of Japan's Carrier Striking Task Force against the United States Pacific Fleet and other U.S. armed forces stationed at the harbor and on the other side of Oahu. The attack spurred the U.S. into a declaration of war, and the United States officially entered World War II the next day. The War in the Pacific effectively began at this point.