Pearl Harbor

Pearl Harbor
Author: US National Archives, December 7, 1941, sinking of USS Arizona, Public Domain
  • Surprise attack on the morning of December 7, 1941.
  • Military strike by the Japanese against the U.S. naval base in Hawaii.
  • More than 2,400 Americans died and it destroyed hundreds of ships and planes, forcing the United States into World War II.
  • The U.S. and its Allies won the war and it led to the greatest period of peace and prosperity in American history.