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At 6:10 AM on the morning of December 7, 1941, the first wave of about 200 Japanese planes took off from the Imperial Japanese Navy's Pearl Harbour Strike Force which was located about 275 miles north of Oahu. Within a quarter on an hour various areas at the American base were subjected to a huge attack. The U.S was not prepared nor ready for what was coming their way.

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At 6:45 AM the American destroyer, USS Ward fires on a Japanese submarine. USS Ward was patrolling off of the entrance of Pearl Harbour when she encountered, attacked and sank one of the Japanese Midget Submarines. The shots fired by USS Ward were the first shots by the United States in WWII, and the beginning of the Pacific War.

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USS Ward's warning to the Fourteenth Naval District

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USS Ward's warning to the Fourteenth Naval District

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Shortly after sinking the Japanese submarine, at 6:53 AM, the captain of the USS Ward radios the headquarters of the Fourteenth Naval District who is responsible for defending the Hawaiian Islands. The captain made them aware of what had just happened very near to Pearl Harbour, however the district commandant assumed the relief destroyer could handle this isolated incident on their own. The naval district decided to take no further action to defend their islands.

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At 7:02 AM, one of the U.S Army radar operators spotted a large formation of unidentified planes heading straight towards Pearl Harbour. This report was disregarded by the army lieutenant and believed it was the group of American B-17 bomber planes that was scheduled to arrive that day. This was one of the missed opportunity for the U.S to prepare for the incoming attack.

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At the time of 7:40 AM, the first wave of Japanese aircrafts finally reach Oahu. The Japanese fighters were preparing for their commander to order the start of the attack. The first wave had about 200 aircraft in total, which included torpedo planes, bombers, and fighters.

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At 7:55 on December 7th, 1941, the coordinated attack on Pearl Harbour began. Within the next half an hour, Pearl Harbour was attacked mercilessly by bombs, guns, and torpedos. The Japanese not only hit the American's Naval Base in Pearl Harbour, but also struck airfields and aircraft to prevent an American counter-attack. Of the 126 planes on the ground, only 6 were able to get into the air and attempt to repel the Japanese. The rest of the planes were either destroyed, damaged, or in need of major servicing.

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At 8:10 AM, the U.S battleship USS Arizona explodes. The forward deck of this ship was struck by a 1,760 pound bomb. This bomb lifted the 33.000 ton vessel out of the water however not just because of the bomb itself, it was the ship's own ammunition exploding all at the same time. 1,177 sailors and marines were instantly killed. The explosion of the USS Arizona counted for about half of the casualties in the whole attack on Pearl Harbour.

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At 8:17 AM the destroyer USS Helm fires at a Japanese submarine and sinks it at the entrance of the harbour. It is believed that the USS Helm was actually responsible for taking out two Japanese aircraft, however the sinking of the submarine was it's main contribution to Pearl Harbour. On the Japanese submarine were two pilots, one of them did not make it out of the submarine when trying to escape and ended up drowning. However the second pilot was taken alive and became the first prisoner captured by the US in the Second World War.

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At 8:54 AM after the sinking of the Japanese submarine, the second wave of Japanese planes arrive and begin its attack. The second wave was made up of about 171 planes and reached Oahu about 30 minutes after the first wave completed their attack. In the second wave, battleship Oklahoma and former battleship Utah were completely destroyed. Along with battleship West Virginia which sunk with lots of damage, but was later on repaired and returned to service.

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Finally, by 10AM the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour was over and the Japanese aircrafts had returned back to their carriers. By the end of their attack, the Japanese had managed to damage or destroy almost 20 American vessels which included 8 battleships and took out over 300 American airplanes. 2,400 Americans, including civilians, died and another 1000 were wounded. The day after the attack, U.S President Franklin D. Roosevelt declared war on Japan, bringing the United States into World War II.