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Japanese Leave Aircraft carriers
Source At 6:00 in the morning the Japanese's first wave of planes begin to leave their carriors for Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. -
Japanese See The battleships
Source At 7:49 in the morning Commander Mitsuo Fuchida issued attack on Pearl Harbor. He was in the first wave. -
The attack Begins
Source At 7:55 in the morning the first wave of Japanese planes attack the USS Helena, USS Utah, and USS Oklahoma battleships. -
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Second Wave
Source After the first attack there was so much smoke from the ships that the Japanese could not see where the unbombed ships so they couldn’t bombard them. Instead they used a different type of bomb, the penetrating bomb, in the second wave after the smoke cleared. -
End Result
At the end of the Pearl Harbor attack, eleven American Warships were sunk, and 2,330 U.S. personnal were killed. -
Japan attacks other cities
The Japanese government issues an attack on other major cities in the world Hong Kong, Guam, Philippine Islands, Wake Island, Midway Island. -
President Franklin D. Roosvelt gives a speech
President Franklin D. Roosvelt gives a speech declaring war on Japan just one day after Japan attacked at Pearl Harbor. -
USS Arizona Memorial Dedicated
Olin E. Teague Dedicated the Memorial to the people who died during the attack on Pearl Harbor. The 184 foot long memorial stands upon the sunken USS Arizona with all of the remains of the soldiers inside. -
Present Day USS Arizona Memorial
At the present day Memorial, 2 million people go visit the Arizona Memorial annually. The Memorial is free, but it is first come first serve for getting admission tickets. -
