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  • 7:53 AM - Fuchida Signals 'To Ra, To Ra, To Ra' on Random Beat-By-Beat Breakdowns Of Attack On Pearl Harbor

    (#11) 7:53 AM - Fuchida Signals 'To Ra, To Ra, To Ra'

    From the Japanese side, the Pearl Harbor strike began at 5 am on December 7, 1941, when the first planes took off from the Japanese fleet. For hours, the planes flew toward the US naval base carrying destructive devices.

    For nearly two hours, the United States did not realize the strike had already started.

    At 7:53 am, minutes before the first bombs dropped, Japanese commander Fuchida signaled "to ra, to ra, to ra" to his ship. The signal communicated the success of the strike so far - the planes had arrived at Oahu without being spotted, and the strike would commence as a total surprise to the Americans.

  • 3:42 AM On December 7, 1941 - The USS 'Condor' Spots A Japanese Submarine Near The Harbor on Random Beat-By-Beat Breakdowns Of Attack On Pearl Harbor

    (#2) 3:42 AM On December 7, 1941 - The USS 'Condor' Spots A Japanese Submarine Near The Harbor

    Hours before the Pearl Harbor strike, a US ship spotted a Japanese submarine near the harbor.

    The USS Condor, a minesweeper, observed the submarine and even spotted a periscope. In response, officers on the Condor reported the sighting to another US destroyer.

  • 7:55 AM - The First Bombs Strike Their Targets on Random Beat-By-Beat Breakdowns Of Attack On Pearl Harbor

    (#13) 7:55 AM - The First Bombs Strike Their Targets

    As Japanese bombs began to strike their targets just before 8 am on December 7, 1941, American servicemen started to perish.

    On the USS West Virginia, Jim Downing watched fellow sailors "being blown off the ship, come up out of the water, feel the oil on the their bodies... and they just became human torches."

  • 7:49 AM - Commander Fuchida Orders The First Wave Of Fighters And Bombers To Attack on Random Beat-By-Beat Breakdowns Of Attack On Pearl Harbor

    (#10) 7:49 AM - Commander Fuchida Orders The First Wave Of Fighters And Bombers To Attack

    Minutes before 8 am HST, Commander Fuchida gave the order for the first wave of planes to strike their targets. 

    Fuchida later wrote, "It was 0749 when I ordered my radioman to send the command, 'Attack!' He immediately began tapping out the pre-arranged code signal."

    The early targets included airfields on Oahu in an attempt to block a US response. But the bombs also fell on the US fleet moored in the harbor. 

  • 3:05 PM On December 11, 1941 - President Franklin Roosevelt Declares War Against Germany on Random Beat-By-Beat Breakdowns Of Attack On Pearl Harbor

    (#20) 3:05 PM On December 11, 1941 - President Franklin Roosevelt Declares War Against Germany

    President Franklin Roosevelt learned of the Pearl Harbor attack on December 7, 1941, in the early afternoon. The next day at 7:30 am HST (12:30 pm in Washington, DC), Roosevelt gave a six-minute speech to Congress. The president declared that December 7, 1941, was "a date which will live in infamy." President Roosevelt made it official when he signed the declaration of war on the Empire of Japan. 

    On December 11, 1941, four days after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the US also went to war against Germany. 

  • 7:20 AM - Fort Shafter Responds To Radar Report, But Believes It To Be A Fleet Of US B-17 Flying Fortress Bombers on Random Beat-By-Beat Breakdowns Of Attack On Pearl Harbor

    (#7) 7:20 AM - Fort Shafter Responds To Radar Report, But Believes It To Be A Fleet Of US B-17 Flying Fortress Bombers

    The officer at Fort Shafter finally responded to the Opana Radar sighting of Japanese planes. However, the officer dismissed the blip as an incoming group of US B-17 bombers flying in from California. The Flying Fortress bombers were scheduled to arrive that morning.

    In response, the lieutenant who phoned back the Opana operator said, "Don't worry about it."

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Pearl Harbor is located adjacent to the only deep-water port of Honolulu. It is a US naval base and shipbuilding base and is also the largest and best security island in the North Pacific. One of the berthing ports. In the early morning of December 7, 1941, the Japanese combined fleet suddenly attacked Pearl Harbor and the airfield of the U.S. Army and Navy on Oahu, Hawaii. This was the fuse of the Pacific War of World War II.

This sneak attack was indeed very successful. The U.S. Navy woke up from the explosion and failed to organize an effective attack, nearly 20 aircraft were completely destroyed and thousands of soldiers were killed. The random tool explained 20 details about the attack on Pearl Harbor.

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