The Attack on Pearl Harbor

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The Attack on Pearl Harbor

In less than three hours, Japanese planes crippled the U.S. Pacific fleet. Images from the raid — and the aftermath

At 7:58 A.M., the alarm went out: "Air raid, Pearl Harbor. This is not drill!" Later that morning, the magazine of the USS Shaw exploded after being struck by a Japanese bomb.

Pearl Harbor—What Really Happened
Robert Sullivan separates fact from fiction on the date that will live in infamy

Review
Mission Inconsequential

Timeline
A tick-tock of events the morning of Dec. 7, 1941 in Pearl Harbor

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Information on Pearl Harbor and WWII from across the Web

Past Covers
Look back in TIME at past coverage of Pearl Harbor

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