Hinomaru Roundel - December 7th, 1941
The attack on Pearl Harbour was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Service upon the United States (a neutral country at the time) against the naval base at Pearl Harbour in Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, just before 08:00, on Sunday morning, December 7th, 1941.
The attack led to the United States' formal entry into World War II the next day. The Japanese military leadership referred to the attack as the Hawaii Operation and Operation A1, and as Operation Z during its planning. Japan intended the attack as a preventative action to keep the United State Pacific Naval Fleet from interfering with its planned military actions in Southeast Asia against overseas territories of the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and the United States.
The Japanese strike force consisted of 353 aircraft launched from four heavy carriers. The planes used in the attack were specifically 131 strong of the Aichi 3A2, Val Type 99, single-engine dive bombers, 79 of the Mitsubishi A6M2 Zeke or Zero Model 11 carrier-borne fighter, and 143 Nakajima B5N2 Kate Type 97, Model 12 single-engine torpedo bombers. The iconic red disc roundel known as a hinomaru or “circle of the sun.”
The attack on Pearl Harbour was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Service upon the United States (a neutral country at the time) against the naval base at Pearl Harbour in Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, just before 08:00, on Sunday morning, December 7th, 1941.
The attack led to the United States' formal entry into World War II the next day. The Japanese military leadership referred to the attack as the Hawaii Operation and Operation A1, and as Operation Z during its planning. Japan intended the attack as a preventative action to keep the United State Pacific Naval Fleet from interfering with its planned military actions in Southeast Asia against overseas territories of the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and the United States.
The Japanese strike force consisted of 353 aircraft launched from four heavy carriers. The planes used in the attack were specifically 131 strong of the Aichi 3A2, Val Type 99, single-engine dive bombers, 79 of the Mitsubishi A6M2 Zeke or Zero Model 11 carrier-borne fighter, and 143 Nakajima B5N2 Kate Type 97, Model 12 single-engine torpedo bombers. The iconic red disc roundel known as a hinomaru or “circle of the sun.”
The attack on Pearl Harbour was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Service upon the United States (a neutral country at the time) against the naval base at Pearl Harbour in Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, just before 08:00, on Sunday morning, December 7th, 1941.
The attack led to the United States' formal entry into World War II the next day. The Japanese military leadership referred to the attack as the Hawaii Operation and Operation A1, and as Operation Z during its planning. Japan intended the attack as a preventative action to keep the United State Pacific Naval Fleet from interfering with its planned military actions in Southeast Asia against overseas territories of the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and the United States.
The Japanese strike force consisted of 353 aircraft launched from four heavy carriers. The planes used in the attack were specifically 131 strong of the Aichi 3A2, Val Type 99, single-engine dive bombers, 79 of the Mitsubishi A6M2 Zeke or Zero Model 11 carrier-borne fighter, and 143 Nakajima B5N2 Kate Type 97, Model 12 single-engine torpedo bombers. The iconic red disc roundel known as a hinomaru or “circle of the sun.”