attack on Pearl Harbor

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event in World War II military attack naval battle

The attack on Pearl Harbor was the surprise Japanese military strike on the U.S. naval base in Hawaii on December 7, 1941, that led to the United States’ entry into World War II.

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Observed surface forms (15)

Surface form Occurrences
Attack on Pearl Harbor 65
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor 6
United States entry into World War II 2

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf event in World War II ⓘ
military attack ⓘ
naval battle ⓘ
aircraftDamagedUS over 150 ⓘ
aircraftDestroyedUS over 180 ⓘ
airGroupCommanderAttacker Mitsuo Fuchida ⓘ
alsoKnownAs attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Pearl Harbor

attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ
surface form: Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ
surface form: Pearl Harbor attack
battleshipsDamaged USS California (BB-44) ⓘ
USS Maryland (BB-46) ⓘ
USS Nevada (BB-36) ⓘ
USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) ⓘ
USS Tennessee (BB-43) ⓘ
USS West Virginia (BB-48) ⓘ
casualtiesKilledUS over 2400 ⓘ
casualtiesWoundedUS over 1000 ⓘ
commanderAttacker Isoroku Yamamoto ⓘ
commemoratedAs National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day ⓘ
commemorationDate December 7 ⓘ
countryAttacked United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
countryAttacker Japan ⓘ
surface form: Empire of Japan
date 1941-12-07 ⓘ
followedBy Japanese offensives in Southeast Asia and the Pacific ⓘ
location Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii, United States ⓘ
memorial USS Arizona Memorial ⓘ
memorialLocation Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii, United States ⓘ
surface form: Pearl Harbor National Memorial, Hawaii
militaryBranchAttacked United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
United States Marine Corps ⓘ
United States Navy ⓘ
mottoOrSignalPhrase attack on Pearl Harbor self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Tora! Tora! Tora!
numberOfAttackWaves 2 ⓘ
operationalCommanderAttacker Chuichi Nagumo ⓘ
partOf Pacific War ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
precededBy period of rising tensions between United States and Japan ⓘ
primaryTarget U.S. Pacific Fleet ⓘ
airfields on Oahu ⓘ
battleships at Pearl Harbor ⓘ
shipsSunkOrTotalLoss USS Arizona (BB-39) ⓘ
USS Oklahoma (BB-37) ⓘ
USS Utah (AG-16) ⓘ
strategicConsequence U.S. declaration of war on Japan ⓘ
entry of the United States into World War II ⓘ
timeOfFirstWave approximately 07:48 local time ⓘ
typeOfOperation carrier-based airstrike ⓘ
surprise attack ⓘ
usDeclarationOfWarDate 1941-12-08 ⓘ
weaponsUsed dive bombers ⓘ
fighters ⓘ
level bombers ⓘ
torpedo bombers ⓘ

Referenced by (101)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

attack on Pearl Harbor → alsoKnownAs → attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pearl Harbor attack
attack on Pearl Harbor → alsoKnownAs → attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
attack on Pearl Harbor → alsoKnownAs → attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Pearl Harbor
BB-37 → associatedWithEvent → attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Attack on Pearl Harbor
Hospital Point, Pearl Harbor → associatedWithEvent → attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ
USS Utah (AG-16) → attackedDuring → attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
USS California (BB-44) → attackedIn → attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Attack on Pearl Harbor
Mitsuo Fuchida → battle → attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Attack on Pearl Harbor
USS Hughes (DD-410) → battle → attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Attack on Pearl Harbor
Public Law 103-308 → commemorates → attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ
Public Law 103-308 → commemorates → attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941
USS Arizona Memorial → commemoratesEvent → attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Attack on Pearl Harbor
USS Utah Memorial → commemoratesEvent → attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Attack on Pearl Harbor
Armed Forces of the Empire of Japan → conflict → attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Attack on Pearl Harbor
Imperial Japanese Army → conflict → attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Attack on Pearl Harbor
Imperial Japanese Army Air Service → conflict → attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Attack on Pearl Harbor
Operation Z → consequence → attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States declaration of war on Japan
BB-44 → damagedIn → attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ
subject surface form: USS California
this entity surface form: Attack on Pearl Harbor
USS Nevada (BB-36) → damagedIn → attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ
USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) → damagedIn → attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Attack on Pearl Harbor
BB-43 → damagedIn → attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ
subject surface form: USS Tennessee
this entity surface form: Attack on Pearl Harbor
USS Tennessee (BB-43) → damagedIn → attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ
BB-48 → damagedIn → attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ
subject surface form: USS West Virginia
this entity surface form: Attack on Pearl Harbor
From Pearl Harbor to Calvary → describesEvent → attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Attack on Pearl Harbor
Imperial Japanese Navy → engagedIn → attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Attack on Pearl Harbor
Kido Butai → engagedInBattle → attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ
Battleship Row, Pearl Harbor → event → attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Attack on Pearl Harbor
USS Nevada (BB-36) → event → attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ
subject surface form: USS Oklahoma Memorial
this entity surface form: Attack on Pearl Harbor
"Day of Infamy" speech → eventFollowed → attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ
Tokyo Raid → followed → attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Attack on Pearl Harbor
Operation Z → hasPart → attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ
Pacific War → hasPart → attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Attack on Pearl Harbor
Ford Island, Pearl Harbor → historicalEvent → attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ
subject surface form: Ford Island
this entity surface form: Attack on Pearl Harbor
Hiryu → launchedAircraftDuring → attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Attack on Pearl Harbor
Akagi → launchedAircraftIn → attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Attack on Pearl Harbor
Showa era → majorEvent → attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ
subject surface form: Shōwa era
this entity surface form: Attack on Pearl Harbor
attack on Pearl Harbor → mottoOrSignalPhrase → attack on Pearl Harbor self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tora! Tora! Tora!
Chuichi Nagumo → notableBattle → attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Attack on Pearl Harbor
Axis powers → notableCampaign → attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Attack on Pearl Harbor
2nd Carrier Division → notableEngagement → attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Attack on Pearl Harbor
Combined Fleet → notableEngagement → attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Attack on Pearl Harbor
Hiryū-class aircraft carrier → notableEngagement → attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Attack on Pearl Harbor
Pennsylvania-class battleship → notableEngagement → attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Attack on Pearl Harbor
Seventh Air Force → notableEngagement → attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Defense of Oahu after the attack on Pearl Harbor
USS Enterprise (CV-6) → notableEngagement → attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Attack on Pearl Harbor (operations around Hawaii on December 7, 1941)
Zuikaku → notableEngagement → attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Attack on Pearl Harbor
Emperor Hirohito → notableEvent → attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Attack on Pearl Harbor