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- Over the next half hour, Pearl Harbor’s airfields and docked ships were subjected to a merciless assault with bombs, guns, and torpedoes. A second wave struck at 8:50 AM, and the Japanese withdrew shortly after 9:00 AM. In just over an hour, the Japanese destroyed 180 aircraft and destroyed or damaged more than a dozen ships.
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Early on December 7, 1941, citizens and servicemembers alike in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, faced terror as Japanese planes rained fire on the island in a stunning surprise attack. The assault quickly plunged the United States into a world-changing war.
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- Second Wave
- Only California Was Attacked
- Attacks Hard to Explain
- Poor Target Selection
- Japanese Never Considered Launching A Third Wave
- Striking Power displayed by The Kido Butai
The first of the 167 aircraft of the second wave arrived over their targets approximately 25 minutes after the last aircraft of the first wave had departed. The centerpiece of the second wave was the 78 dive bombers from Akagi, Kaga, Soryu, and Hiryu. These were flown by the best dive bomber pilots in the Imperial Navy. Against stationary ships in ...
The Japanese claimed that the dive bombers added another 21 hits to targets on Battleship Row, but only California was actually attacked. At 0845 between one and three Type 99s attacked the battleship and scored a single hit that penetrated to the second deck before exploding and causing many casualties and a fire. The only battleship not located i...
Other attacks are hard to explain. Inexplicably several destroyers came under attack. At 0912, as many as eight dive bombers attacked destroyer Shaw in a drydock. Hit by three bombs and set on fire, the ship was abandoned and later destroyed by a magazine explosion. Other Type 99s were reported to have attacked destroyers Dale and Helm while both w...
In addition to their poor accuracy, the dive bomber pilots were also guilty of poor target selection and grossly exaggerated battle damage assessment reports. In addition to pummeling the ships in the harbor, first and second wave aircraft hit the various airfields located around the island. Beginning at 0751 Zuikaku’s dive bombers attacked Wheeler...
Despite a persistent myth to the contrary, the Japanese never seriously considered launching a third wave. Nagumo was content to withdraw as soon as he recovered his aircraft. The first wave began to return at about 0950 hours and immediately began its recovery. By 1115, aircraft of the second wave began their recovery and one hour later the last a...
What was undeniable was the striking power displayed by the Kido Butai. In return for sinking or damaging 18 ships, destroying 97 USN and 77 US Army aircraft, and killing 2,335 American personnel and wounding another 1,143, Japanese losses were ridiculously small. Aircraft losses totaled 29, consisting of nine Zeros, 15 Type 99s, and five Type 97s....
Though a tactical victory, the Dec. 7 attack on Pearl Harbor was also a strategic blunder, as the Japanese failed one of their most critical objectives: destroy the American aircraft carriers.
Pearl Harbor attack, (December 7, 1941), surprise aerial attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor on Oahu Island, Hawaii, by the Japanese that precipitated the entry of the United States into World War II.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
At 8:54 AM the second wave of Japanese planes, numbering nearly 170, begins its attack. At 9:30 AM the destroyer USS Shaw explodes in dry dock. At 10:00 AM the Japanese planes head back to their carriers, which will ultimately return to Japan.
At 7:55 AM, the Coordinated attack on Pearl Harbor begins. At 8:10 AM, the USS Arizona explodes. At 8:17 AM, the Destroyer USS Helm fires at and sinks Japanese submarine at entrance to harbor. At 8:54 AM, the second wave of attack begins. At 9:30 AM, the USS Shaw explodes in dry dock.
Nov 30, 2018 · A damaged B-17C Flying Fortress bomber sits on the tarmac near Hangar Number 5 at Hickam Field, after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. In a flooded dry dock, the destroyer Cassin...
