PEARL HARBOR

Erik Gómez

Daniel Pastor

What was Pearl Harbor?

The attack on Pearl Harbor was a military

surprise 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).

Objectives

One of the main objectives of the Japanese attack on Pearl

Harbor, was to destroy or cripple the U.S. aircraft carriers.

Attack

First Wave

• 1st Group (targets: battleships and aircraft carriers)

• 49 Nakajima B5N Kate bombers armed with 800 kg armor piercing bombs, organized in four

sections (1 failed to launch)

• 40 B5N bombers armed with Type 91 torpedoes, also in four sections

• 2nd Group – (targets: Ford Island and Wheeler Field)

• 51 Aichi D3A Val dive bombers armed with 550 lb (249 kg) general purpose bombs (3 failed to

launch)

• 3rd Group – (targets: aircraft at Ford Island, Hickam Field, Wheeler Field, Barber's Point,

Kaneohe)

• 43 Mitsubishi A6M Zeke fighters for air control and strafing(2 failed to launch)

Second Wave

• 1st Group – 54 B5Ns armed with (249 kg) and (60 kg) general purpose bombs

• 27 B5Ns – aircraft and hangars on Kaneohe, Ford Island, and Barbers Point

• 27 B5Ns – hangars and aircraft on Hickam Field

• 2nd Group (targets: aircraft carriers and cruisers)

• 78 D3As armed with 550 lb (249 kg) general purpose bombs, in four sections (3

aborted)

• 3rd Group – (targets: aircraft at Ford Island, Hickam Field, Wheeler Field,

Barber's Point, Kaneohe)

• 35 A6Ms for defense and strafing (1 aborted)

• The second wave was divided into three groups. One was tasked to attack

Kāne’ohe, the rest Pearl Harbor proper. The separate sections arrived at the

attack point almost simultaneously from several directions.

Finished the attack

•The attack lasted 90 minutes and 3,435 Americans (68 civilians) were killed and 1,178 were injured.•18 ships were sunk.•USA: The army lost 188 aircraft and 155 were damaged during the attack, all on the ground without possibility peel.•JAPAN: 55 airmen lost nine submariners, 29 aircraft and 74 aircraft with various injuries.

Impact

• United States declared war to

the Empire of Japan.

• United States enters in World

War II.

• United States launched two

atomic bombs on Japan,

Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

U.S Battleships lost or damagedBattleships:

USS Arizona: hit by an armor-piercing bomb, exploded; total loss. 1,177 dead.

USS Oklahoma: hit by five torpedoes, capsized; total loss. 429 dead. Refloated November 1943; capsized and lost while under tow to the mainland May 1947.

USS West Virginia: hit by two bombs, seven torpedoes, sunk; returned to service July 1944. 106 dead.

USS California: hit by two bombs, two torpedoes, sunk; returned to service January 1944. 100 dead.

USS Nevada: hit by six bombs, one torpedo, beached; returned to service October 1942. 60 dead.

USS Tennessee: hit by two bombs; returned to service February 1942. 5 dead.

USS Maryland: hit by two bombs; returned to service February 1942. 4 dead (including floatplane pilot shot down).

USS Pennsylvania (Kimmel's flagship): in drydock with Cassin and Downes, hit by one bomb, debris from USS Cassin; remained in service. 9 dead.

Ex-Battleships:

USS Utah: hit by two torpedoes, capsized; total loss. 64 dead.

Pictures

Attack Video

Pearl Harbor Memorial

USS Arizona Memorial

• The USS Arizona

Memorial, located at

Pearl Harbor in

Honolulu, Hawaii,

marks the resting place

of 1,102 of the 1,177

sailors and Marines

killed on the USS

Arizona during the

attack.