The Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor began at 7:48 a.m. on December 7, 1941. The attack killed some 2,400 Americans and wounded many others, while sinking four battleships.

Under the greatest secrecy, Nagumo took his ships to sea on 26 November 1941, ... Most importantly, the shock and anger caused by the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor united a divided nation, ...

The Events Leading to the Attack on Pearl Harbor The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, killed 2,400 Americans ...

Over 80 years later, Dec. 7, 1941 is a date that still lives in infamy. The attack on Pearl Harbor launched the United States into World War II and left an indelible scar on the American psyche ...

The Pearl Harbor attack sparked outrage across the U.S. and led the nation to enter World War II, declaring war on the Empire of Japan on Dec. 8, 1941, per History.com.

Only two veterans who survived the Dec. 7, 1941, Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor attended the annual commemoration in Hawaii: Ken Stevens, 102, of Powers, Ore., and Ira Schab, 104, of ...

But a recent survey of 350 Long Island high school students found little more than half knew the Dec. 7, 1941, Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor launched the United States into World War II.

But at 7:20 a.m., fate intervened to ensure the young pilot an unwelcome and enduring place in history, branded as the man who had a chance to thwart the Pearl Harbor attack — but didn’t.

Warren “Red” Upton, one of the last survivors of the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, ... To save a team of Rangers under fire, this pilot dropped every bomb from two different F-16s; ...

Warren Upton was a 22-year-old Navy radioman assigned to the USS Utah, a demilitarized battleship moored at Pearl Harbor, when the first of two torpedoes struck the vessel the morning of Dec. 7, 1941.

The Pearl Harbor attack marked the beginning of all-out war between the ... the Dutch East Indies and New Guinea. U.S. possessions, too, came under attack: the Philippines, the major U.S. base ...