The Pearl Harbour Movie

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The Pearl Harbor movie is giving an account of the events of Sunday December 7, 1941, when the Imperial Japanese Navy launched an attack on the U.S., using aircraft and midget submarines.

Previously there had been hectic activity from the Japanese, transmitting coded messages, which were also picked up by American intelligence. The Americans had managed to decipher Japan's code earlier on, so they were aware of an imminent attack before it actually took place. However, because they had some difficulties deciphering intercepted messages, they didn't know the exact target of Japan's strike until after the attack took place.

Under the command of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, the attack dealt a devastating blow to the U.S., both in terms of loss of life and damage to the Pacific fleet.

At 06:05 on December 7, the first wave of 183 planes, composed mainly of dive bombers, horizontal bombers and fighters was launched by the six Japanese carriers. They hit American ships and military installations at 07:51, attacking the military airfields of Ford Island. About 40 minutes later, at 08:30, the second wave of 170 Japanese planes, mostly torpedo bombers, attacked the Pacific fleet anchored in Pearl Harbor.

The battleship Arizona was blown apart when it was hit with an armor piercing bomb, which penetrated the forward ammunition compartment, causing the ship to sink in a matter of seconds. In total, nine ships of the U.S. fleet were sunk and 21 ships were severely damaged. Of the 21, three were damaged beyond repair.

The overall death toll reached 2,350, of which 68 were civilians, and 1,178 suffered injuries. 1,177 of the military personnel lost at Pearl Harbor were on board the Arizona.

The first U.S. shots fired in WWII were from the destroyer Ward. The target was a midget submarine that had surfaced outside of Pearl Harbor. Ward successfully sank the midget sub at approximately 06:55, just under an hour before the assault on Pearl Harbor.