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 ⓘ

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淵田 美津雄 → 関与した戦闘 → attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ
this entity surface form: 真珠湾攻撃