1941
Battle of Pearl Harbour
Commander of Eighth Cruiser Division in the Pearl Harbour Strike Force
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Browse historical events and people recorded at Pearl Harbour in Japan. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Commander of Eighth Cruiser Division in the Pearl Harbour Strike Force
Help plan Pearl Harbour
Plans the attack, argues Japan can only win a quick war
Kasumi commands the aircraft credited by later analysis with dropping the bomb that triggered USS Arizona's catastrophic magazine explosion.
does not follow the battle up with an air strike & the base remains intact. Dive bombers take off from Nagumos task force 250 miles north of the US Pacific Fleet. Commands the Japanese carriers
Leads the 1st wave of 183 planes to attack Pearl Harbour
Takahashi leads a first-wave dive-bomber unit against targets on Oahu during the Pearl Harbour attack.
Itaya leads Akagi's Zero fighters in the first-wave fighter component of the Pearl Harbour attack.
Sakamaki commands midget submarine HA-19, which fails to penetrate Pearl Harbour and later grounds on Oahu.
Yokoyama commands HA-16, launched from submarine I-16 before the air attack on Pearl Harbour.
Iwasa commands one of the five Japanese midget submarines launched for the Pearl Harbour operation.
Furuno commands HA-17, launched from submarine I-18 as part of the Pearl Harbour operation.
Shimazaki leads the second Japanese air wave against Pearl Harbour and nearby military airfields.
Fuchida signals that tactical surprise has been achieved as the first Japanese air wave reaches Pearl Harbour.
Murata leads the first-wave torpedo attack unit against American warships at Pearl Harbour.
The 25th Army lands near the Thai border, immediately after Pearl Harbour
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