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  1. Histories of the Pearl Harbor attack properly devote much attention to intelligence warnings about the attack—or their absence. But this literature customarily underplays a subset of three immediate tactical warnings of the attack on the morning of December 7, 1941.

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  2. Dec 7, 2021 · The attack on Pearl Harbor, 80 years ago this month, was the worst day in the U.S. Navy’s history and the shock of a lifetime for just about any American who had achieved the age of memory.

  3. Consequences of the attack on Pearl Harbor. Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor took place on December 7, 1941. The United States military suffered 19 ships damaged or sunk, and 2,403 people were killed. Its most significant consequence was the entrance of the United States into World War II.

  4. Dec 7, 2016 · These were the same B-17s that Admiral Richardson and Admiral Kimmel had urgently but unsuccessfully requested for long-range reconnaissance around Hawaii to protect Pearl Harbor.

  5. Nov 28, 2016 · At the time of Pearl Harbor Captain Wallin was serving as Battle Force engineer and was charged with overall responsibility for fleet repair and alterations. So he was in the thick of the Pearl...

  6. Not only was the completion of Pearl Harbor as a Naval base a necessity for protecting Hawaii; it was necessary for protecting the nation. Later in 1908, Congress finally approved $3,000,000 to straighten the channel and complete the dry dock to establish Naval Station Pearl Harbor.

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  8. Dec 5, 2016 · The attack on Pearl Harbor, 75 years ago this week, was the worst day in the U.S. Navy’s history and the shock of a lifetime for just about any American who had achieved the age of memory. Why was the attack a surprise to almost everyone—including the Japanese? (Smithsonian)