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
Attack on Pearl Harbor (aftermath operations)	1
Attack on Pearl Harbor (operations around Hawaii on December 7, 1941)	1
Battle of Pearl Harbor	1
Defense of Oahu after the attack on Pearl Harbor	1
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941	1
Pearl Harbor	1
Pearl Harbor attack	1
Pearl Harbor attack force	1
Pearl Harbor attack of December 7, 1941	1
Tora! Tora! Tora!	1
United States declaration of war on Japan	1
真珠湾攻撃	1

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.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt → notableEvent → attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ

subject surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt

Mitsuo Fuchida → notableEvent → attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ

this entity surface form: Attack on Pearl Harbor

Pearl Harbor (interwar and early WWII) → notableEvent → attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ

this entity surface form: Attack on Pearl Harbor

Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam → notableEventSite → attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ

this entity surface form: Attack on Pearl Harbor

First Air Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy → notableFor → attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ

Ford Island, Pearl Harbor → notableFor → attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ

subject surface form: Ford Island

this entity surface form: Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

Kido Butai → notableFor → attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ

Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii, United States → notableFor → attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ

subject surface form: Pearl Harbor

this entity surface form: Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

Aichi D3A dive bombers → notableOperation → attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ

subject surface form: Aichi D3A

this entity surface form: Attack on Pearl Harbor

Commander of First Air Fleet → notableOperation → attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ

First Air Fleet → notableOperation → attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ

this entity surface form: Attack on Pearl Harbor

First Carrier Division → notableOperation → attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ

this entity surface form: Attack on Pearl Harbor

Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service → notableOperation → attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ

this entity surface form: Attack on Pearl Harbor

Kaga → notableOperation → attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ

this entity surface form: Attack on Pearl Harbor

Jennifer Garner → notableWork → attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pearl Harbor

Chuichi Nagumo → operationCommanded → attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ

this entity surface form: Attack on Pearl Harbor

5th Carrier Division → operationParticipatedIn → attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ

this entity surface form: Attack on Pearl Harbor

First Air Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy → operationParticipatedIn → attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ

this entity surface form: Attack on Pearl Harbor

Isoroku Yamamoto → participantIn → attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ

this entity surface form: Attack on Pearl Harbor

2nd Carrier Division → participatedIn → attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pearl Harbor attack force

Akagi → participatedIn → attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ

this entity surface form: Attack on Pearl Harbor

Hiryu → participatedIn → attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ

this entity surface form: Attack on Pearl Harbor

Sōryū → participatedIn → attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ

this entity surface form: Attack on Pearl Harbor

USS Maryland (BB-46) → participatedIn → attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ

this entity surface form: Attack on Pearl Harbor

USS Morris (DD-417) → participatedIn → attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ

this entity surface form: Attack on Pearl Harbor

BB-43 → participatedIn → attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ

subject surface form: USS Tennessee

this entity surface form: Attack on Pearl Harbor

Zuikaku → participatedIn → attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ

this entity surface form: Attack on Pearl Harbor

Doolittle Raid → precededBy → attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ

this entity surface form: Attack on Pearl Harbor

Philippines campaign (1941–1942) → precededBy → attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ

this entity surface form: Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

Pennsylvania-class battleship → presentAt → attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ

subject surface form: USS Pennsylvania (BB-38)

this entity surface form: Attack on Pearl Harbor

BB-44 → presentAtEvent → attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ

subject surface form: USS California

this entity surface form: Attack on Pearl Harbor

USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) → presentAtEvent → attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ

this entity surface form: Attack on Pearl Harbor

"Day of Infamy" speech → relatedEvent → attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ

this entity surface form: Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

Battle of Hong Kong → relatedEvent → attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ

this entity surface form: Attack on Pearl Harbor

National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day → relatedEvent → attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States entry into World War II

Imperial General Headquarters → significantEvent → attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ

this entity surface form: Attack on Pearl Harbor

Roosevelt administration → significantEvent → attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ

this entity surface form: Attack on Pearl Harbor

United States home front during World War II → startEvent → attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ

Pennsylvania-class battleship → sunkAt → attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ

subject surface form: USS Arizona (BB-39)

this entity surface form: Attack on Pearl Harbor

BB-37 → sunkIn → attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ

subject surface form: USS Oklahoma

this entity surface form: Attack on Pearl Harbor

USS Utah (AG-16) → sunkIn → attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ

this entity surface form: Attack on Pearl Harbor

USS Arizona (BB-39) → symbolOf → attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States entry into World War II

Hiryū → tookPartIn → attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ

this entity surface form: Attack on Pearl Harbor

Shokaku → tookPartIn → attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ

this entity surface form: Attack on Pearl Harbor

The Big E → tookPartIn → attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ

subject surface form: USS Enterprise (CV-6)

this entity surface form: Attack on Pearl Harbor (aftermath operations)

World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument → topic → attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pearl Harbor attack of December 7, 1941

Tora! Tora! Tora! → usedDuring → attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ

Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighters → usedInBattle → attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ

subject surface form: Mitsubishi A6M Zero

this entity surface form: Attack on Pearl Harbor

Nakajima B5N torpedo bombers → usedInEvent → attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ

subject surface form: Nakajima B5N

this entity surface form: Attack on Pearl Harbor

Ford Island, Pearl Harbor → wasTargetDuring → attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ

subject surface form: Ford Island

this entity surface form: Attack on Pearl Harbor