Home of the US Pacific Fleet since 1940, the base on Oahu was struck without warning on the morning of 7 December 1941 by 353 aircraft from six Japanese carriers. All eight battleships in the harbour were damaged and four sunk, including USS Arizona, and 2,403 Americans were killed. The American carriers were at sea and escaped. The next day the United States declared war on Japan.
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Battle
Japan's road to war ends in the surprise attack that brings the United States into the conflict.
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Battle
Fuchida's planes achieve total surprise over Battleship Row and the airfields, and he radios the code word that gives the film its title.
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Battle
The morning after their fight, the two friends race to a small airfield, take off in P-40s and join the rescue of sailors trapped in the capsized Oklahoma.
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Base
The Enterprise returns to a burning harbour, and Layton and Rochefort's codebreakers set to work in a basement beneath the base.
Naval
Japanese carrier aircraft struck the US Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor, sinking or damaging eight battleships and killing more than 2,400 Americans. The United States declared war on Japan the next day, and Germany declared war on the US on 11 December.
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