The Attack on Pearl Harbor

By A.Buch
  • Japanese training

    Japanese training
    Japan trains its forces and finishes planning the attack on Pear Harbour.
  • First warning

    First warning
    The American embassador in Japan warns washington that JApan is planning an attack at Pearl Harbour, but no one believes him.
  • Bomb plot

    Japanese naval intelligence tries to get a grid of exact locations of ships in Pearl Harbor, but this message is desciphered.
  • Japan submarines

    Japan submarines
    Japanese submarines depart Japan.
  • War Warning

    Kimmel and Short receive a war warning from Washington indicating a Japanese attack.
  • The Night before

    The U.S. intelligence decodes a a message pointing to Sunday morning as a deadline for some kind of Japanese action.
  • The Attack

    The Attack
    At 7:55 a.m the Japanese aircraft begin the attack.
    The Japanese attack lasts 2 hours and 20 minutes, killing more than 2400 Americans, damaging eighteen ships and more than 300 aircraft.
  • A declaration of war

    Roosevelt asks for a declaration of war against Japan.
  • Whos fault was

    Whos fault was
    A Naval Court of Inquiry finds Kimmel had not been careless but had acted appropriately given what he knew.
    The Chief of Naval Operations saying if Kimmel had done aerial reconnaissance he might have discovered the Japanese fleet just 250 miles off Hawaii.
  • Hidden information

    Hidden information
    The Navy's cryptographer, discovers that officials in Washington kept secret information from Kimmel and Short.