Pearl Harbor
Japanese rear admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, commander and architect of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour, 1937
Japanese bomber pilots receive their orders on board an aircraft carrier prior to commencing their mission of bombing Pearl Harbour, 7th December 1941
Ford Island is seen in this aeriel view during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941 in Hawaii. The photo was taken from a Japanese plane
A picture taken from a Japanese bomber showing another Japanese plane and plumes of black smoke on the ground during the attack on Pearl Harbour, 7th December 1941
The American light cruiser USS Phoenix passing the burning USS West Virginia and USS Arizona, during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
The American destroyer USS Shaw explodes during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour, home of the American Pacific Fleet during World War II.
The USS California on fire in Pearl Harbour after the Japanese attack.
Following the surprise attack by the Japanese on Pearl Harbour this US Army P40 pursuit plane was machine gunned on the ground at Bellows Field by the enemy
An explosion at the Naval Air Station, Ford Island, Pearl Harbour during the Japanese attack. Sailors stand amid wrecked watching as the USS Shaw explodes in the center background. The USS Nevada is also visible in the middle background, with her bow headed toward the left.
Women fire fighters directing a hose after the Japanese attack on the US naval base at Pearl Harbour
The USS Arizona burning furiously in Pearl Harbour after the Japanese attack. To the left of her are USS Tennessee and the sunken USS West Virginia.
A small boat rescues sailors from the USS “West Virginia” after she had suffered a hit in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The USS Tennessee (BB-43) is inboard of the sunken battleship
A general view of Pearl Harbour after it had been attacked by the Japanese. Smoke pours from USS Shaw (right centre) whilst the minelayer USS Oglana lies capsized in the foreground
The jumbled mass of wreckage in front of the battleship USS Pennsylvania constitutes the remains of the destroyers USS Downes and USS Cassin, bombed by the Japanese during the raid on Pearl Harbour. The ships were in drydock. The torpedo-damaged cruiser USS Helena is in the right distance, beyond the crane. Visible in the centre distance is the capsized USS Oklahoma with USS Maryland alongside.
The horror of destruction at the US Naval Base of Pearl Harbour which was attacked without warning by the Japanese airforce on the 7th December 1941.
Hickam Field aircraft hangar at Pearl Harbour, Hawaii, destroyed by Japanese bombs during World War II.
Wreckage of a US Navy amphibian plane being photographed. It was destroyed during the nearby Pearl Harbour attack, 10th December 1941
Shortly after the Japanese attack in Hawaii's Pearl Harbor, young men line up to volunteer at a Navy Recruiting station, Boston, Massachusetts, December 8, 1941.