Japanese pilots get instructions aboard an aircraft carrier before the attack on Pearl Harbor. this scene came from a Japanese newsreel obtained by the U.S. War Department and released to U.S. newsreels. |
The Japanese aircraft carrier Zuikaku, seen in September of 1941, would soon sail toward Hawaii, one of six aircraft carriers used in the attack by the Imperial Japanese Navy. |
Aircraft prepares to launch from the Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier Akagi during the December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. |
Captured Japanese photograph taken during the attack on Pearl Harbor. In the distance, the smoke rises from Hickam Field. |
The battleships West Virginia and Tennessee burning after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. |
all images above from: http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2011/07/world-war-ii-pearl-harbor/100117/ |
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