Intense Pearl Harbor Photos Show Why The U.S. Went To War, Why It Is Hell

The Huffington Post | Posted: 12/06/13 EST | Updated: 12/07/13 EST


It was a sunny, mostly clear Sunday in Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, when the unexpected hum of planes cut through the warm Hawaiian air. In a period of just two hours, 353 Japanese aircraft laid siege to the U.S. naval base, sinking 18 ships and destroying nearly 200 aircraft in a sneak attack that killed more than 2,400 Americans and wounded over 1,000 more.

The photos below show the severity of the destruction and why the tragedy led the U.S. to get involved in World War II:




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Believed to be the first bomb dropped on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii in the sneak-attack on Dec. 7, 1941, this picture was found torn to pieces at Yokusuka Base by photographer's mate 2/C Martin J. Shemanski of Plymouth, Pa. One Japanese plane is shown pulling out of a dive near bomb eruption (center) and another the air at upper right. (AP Photo)


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Japanese bomber on a run over Pearl Harbor, Hawaii is shown during the surprise attack of Dec. 7, 1941. Black smoke rises from American ships in the harbor. Below is a U.S. Army air field. (AP Photo)


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Sailors watch as the USS Shaw explodes.


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1941 image shows a Japanese Navy aerial view of smoking U.S. ships during the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. (AP Photo/Japanese Navy)

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צילום מברק שהתקבל ע"י USS WASP על תחילת ההתקפה על פרל-הרבור:

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'AIRRAID ON PEARLHARBOR X THIS IS NOT DRILL' radio message received by USS Wasp, 7 Dec 1941

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Diplomacy is about surviving until the next century - politics is about surviving until Friday afternoon
Sir Humphrey Appleby