Photos Of The Attack On Pearl Harbor

Just before 8 a.m. on December 7, 1941, hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor near Honolulu, Hawaii.

The attack on Pearl Harbor destroyed nearly 300 U.S. planes, disabled the Pacific Fleet’s battleship force by damaging or destroying 18 American ships, claimed the lives of more than 2,500 people and wounded more than 1,000 more. The attack, which lasted less than two hours, made it impossible for the U.S. to carry the fight to Japan to spoil the Japanese expansion in the Pacific.

The day after the assault, President Franklin D. Roosevelt asked Congress to declare war on Japan. Three days later, after Congress approved his declaration with just one dissenting vote, Japanese allies Germany and Italy also declared war on the United States – and again Congress reciprocated.

More than two years into the conflict, America had finally joined World War II.

In honor of the upcoming Memorial Day Weekend, here are photos of the attack on Pearl Harbor:

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