Peral Harbor
Overview of
The Pearl Harbor Attack, 7 December 1941
Related Resources:
Ships Present at Pearl Harbor, 0800 7 December 1941
Action Report for Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet, including other commands, and ships at Pearl Harbor
Additional Action Reports concerning the Attack on Pearl Harbor
Where were the Carriers on 7 December 1941?
Oral Histories of Pearl Harbor Attack
Survivor Reports-Pearl
Harbor
U.S. Ships named for Sailors to Commemorate their Actions during the Attack on Pearl Harbor
The U.S. Navy in Hawaii, 1826-1945: An Administrative History
Pearl Harbor Navy Medical Activities, 1941
Pearl Harbor Submarine Base History, 1918-1945
Cryptologic History relating to the Pearl Harbor Attack
Photographs relating to the Pearl Harbor Attack
Related Web Sites on the Pearl Harbor Attack
Mess Attendent Second Class Doris (Dorie) Miller, USN
U.S. Marines at Pearl Harbor
Statement Regarding Winds Message by Captain L.F. Safford
Teacher Lesson Plans
Base Construction at Pearl Harbor and the Outlying Islands
Disaster in the Pacific December 1941 [Chapter 26 of The War At Sea 1939-1945, by Captain S.W. Roskill, Royal Navy]
The road to war between Japan and the United States began in the 1930s when differences over China drove the two nations apart. In 1931 Japan conquered Manchuria, which until then had been part of China. In 1937 Japan began a long and ultimately unsuccessful campaign to conquer the rest of China. In 1940, the Japanese government allied their country with Nazi Germany in the Axis Alliance, and, in the following year, occupied all of Indochina.
The United States, which had important political and economic interests in East Asia, was alarmed by these Japanese moves. The U.S. increased military and financial aid to China, embarked on a program of strengthening its military power in the Pacific, and cut off the shipment of oil and other raw materials to Japan.
Because Japan was poor in natural resources, its government
The Pearl Harbor Attack, 7 December 1941
Related Resources:
Ships Present at Pearl Harbor, 0800 7 December 1941
Action Report for Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet, including other commands, and ships at Pearl Harbor
Additional Action Reports concerning the Attack on Pearl Harbor
Where were the Carriers on 7 December 1941?
Oral Histories of Pearl Harbor Attack
Survivor Reports-Pearl
Harbor
U.S. Ships named for Sailors to Commemorate their Actions during the Attack on Pearl Harbor
The U.S. Navy in Hawaii, 1826-1945: An Administrative History
Pearl Harbor Navy Medical Activities, 1941
Pearl Harbor Submarine Base History, 1918-1945
Cryptologic History relating to the Pearl Harbor Attack
Photographs relating to the Pearl Harbor Attack
Related Web Sites on the Pearl Harbor Attack
Mess Attendent Second Class Doris (Dorie) Miller, USN
U.S. Marines at Pearl Harbor
Statement Regarding Winds Message by Captain L.F. Safford
Teacher Lesson Plans
Base Construction at Pearl Harbor and the Outlying Islands
Disaster in the Pacific December 1941 [Chapter 26 of The War At Sea 1939-1945, by Captain S.W. Roskill, Royal Navy]
The road to war between Japan and the United States began in the 1930s when differences over China drove the two nations apart. In 1931 Japan conquered Manchuria, which until then had been part of China. In 1937 Japan began a long and ultimately unsuccessful campaign to conquer the rest of China. In 1940, the Japanese government allied their country with Nazi Germany in the Axis Alliance, and, in the following year, occupied all of Indochina.
The United States, which had important political and economic interests in East Asia, was alarmed by these Japanese moves. The U.S. increased military and financial aid to China, embarked on a program of strengthening its military power in the Pacific, and cut off the shipment of oil and other raw materials to Japan.
Because Japan was poor in natural resources, its government