1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
75 years ago, on December 7, 1941, a Japanese aircraft carrier squadron attacked the main American naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii without declaring war. All eight battleships at the base were put out of action, but there were no American aircraft carriers at Pearl Harbor at the time of the attack. The Americans lost 4 battleships, 1 battleship, 1 mine layer sunk and 4 battleships, 3 cruisers and 3 destroyers damaged. 188 American aircraft were destroyed and 159 damaged.