By mid-1941 the United States had severed all economic relations with Japan and was providing material and financial support to China. Japan had be...

The first Japanese dive-bomber appeared over Pearl Harbor at 7:55 AM (local time) on December 7, 1941. Over the next half hour, Pearl Harbor’s airf...

In the short term, the American naval presence in the Pacific was severely weakened. However, the Japanese had largely ignored the harbour’s infras...

The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor marked the beginning of the Pacific war for the U.S., but it did not necessarily mean that the U.S. had become...

Pearl Harbor is a U.S. Navy base on the Hawaiian island of Oahu and the headquarters of the U.S. Pacific Fleet. Adjacent to the harbour is Hickam A...