Sailors stand among wrecked airplanes at Ford Island Naval Air Station as they watch the explosion of the USS Shaw in the background, during the Dec. 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. (U.S. Navy ...
More than 80 years ago, the Imperial Japanese Navy launched a devastating surprise attack against U.S. air and naval forces at Pearl Harbor. Many Americans today believe the attack was totally ...
The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor achieved as nearly complete a surprise on an opponent as any in military history. Ever since the first bombs fell along Battleship Row on Dec. 7, 1941, historians ...
With a great deal of foresight and planning, the imperial navy's leadership had enacted a synchronized strategy for the ...