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IMAGO International History, Archive, 250 years USA, Second World War, WWII, Attack on Pearl Harbor 1941

Apr 23, 2025

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  • A Japanese kamikaze pilot of the Second World War (b w photo) 1252798 A Japanese kamikaze pilot of the Second World War (b w photo) by Unknown photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Kamikaze ( divine wind or spirit wind ), officially Tokubetsu Kōgekitai ( Special Attack Unit ), military aviators who initiated suicide attacks against Allied naval vessels during the Pacific campaign of World War II.); Fratelli Alinari Museum Collections-Favrod Collection, Florence. Copyright: xFratellixAlinarixMuseumxCollections-FavrodxCollection,xFlorencex xBridgemanxImagesx 1252798
  • USS NEVADA, 1941. The USS Nevada (BB-36) battleship beached and burning after being hit forward by Japanese bombs and torpedoes on 7 December 1941 during the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0908825
  • WWII: PEARL HARBOR, 1941. Ford Island Naval Air Station in the wake of the the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; in the distance, an explosion rocks the destroyer USS Shaw. Photograph, 7 December 1941. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0652410
  • WWII: PEARL HARBOR, 1941. The USS Arizona after being bombed during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941. Photograph. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0651088
  • WWII: PEARL HARBOR, 1941. Aerial photograph taken by a Japanese pilot, of the destruction of the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 7 December 1941. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0650764
  • WWII: PEARL HARBOR, 1941. The USS Neosho, a U.S. Navy oil tanker, cautiously backing away from her berth during her escape from the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941. At left, the battleship USS California lists to the side after being struck. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0650762
  • WWII: PEARL HARBOR, 1941. The wreckage of American destroyers USS Downes and USS Cassin at Pearl Harbor after the Japanese attack, 6 December 1941. Photograph, 1941. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0643360
  • WWII: PEARL HARBOR, 1941. The partially-submerged wreck of the USS Arizona after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Photograph, 10 December 1941. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0623326
  • WWII: USS RALEIGH, 1941. The USS Raleigh being kept afloat by barges and tugboats after being damaged by the Japanese air raid on Pearl Harbor. Photograph, 7 December 1941. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0216881
  • WWII: PEARL HARBOR, 1941. A view of the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard during the Japanese air raid. Photograph, 7 December 1941. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0216877
  • WWII: PEARL HARBOR, 1941. Sailors in a motor boat rescue a survivor from the water from the sinking USS West Virginia, after the Japanese air raid on Pearl Harbor. The USS Tennessee is also visible. Photograph 7 December 1941. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0216875
  • WWII: PEARL HARBOR, 1941. A hangar burning at the Naval Air Station, Kaneohe Bay, Oahu, after the Japanese air attack. Photograph, 7 December 1941. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0216620
  • WWII: PEARL HARBOR, 1941. An American gun crew behind sandbags at the seaplane base on Ford Island in Pearl Harbor, after the Japanese air attack on 7 December 1941. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0216619
  • WWII: PEARL HARBOR, 1941. A view of the capsized USS Utah and the USS Raleigh, after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Photograph, December 1941. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0216513
  • WWII: PEARL HARBOR, 1941. Interior of the cockpit of a Japanese Zero Fighter, which crashed at Fort Kamehameha, Oahu, during the 7 December 1941 raid on Pearl Harbor. Photograph, 1941. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0216511
  • WWII: PEARL HARBOR, 1941. The burned out and sunken destroyer USS Downes in drydock at the Navy Yard in Pearl Harbor, photographed shortly after the Japanese air attack on 7 December 1941. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0216261
  • WWII: PEARL HARBOR, 1941. American gun crews at their battle stations during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Photograph, 7 December 1941. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0216252
  • WWII: PEARL HARBOR, 1941. The USS California (left) damaged during the Japanese attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 7 December 1941, with the USS Maryland and the capsized USS Oklahoma visible at right. Photograph, 1941. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0216228
  • WWII: USS RALEIGH, 1941. The USS Raleigh listing after being damaged in the Japanese air attack on Pearl Harbor. Photograph, 1941. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0183762
  • WWII: PEARL HARBOR, 1941. The commencement of the air attack against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, captured from a Japanese plane. The focus is Ford Island, surrounded by American warships; the explosion at center is a torpedo strike against the USS West Virginia. Photograph, 7 December 1941. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0183752
  • WWII: PEARL HARBOR, 1941. The USS Widgeon alongside the stern of the sunken USS Arizona, after the Japanese air attack on Pearl Harbor. Photograph, December 1941. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0183748
  • WWII: PEARL HARBOR, 1941. American sailors at Naval Air Station Ford Island reloading ammunition clips and belts during attacks on Pearl Harbor. Photograph. 7 December 1941. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0183729
  • WORLD WAR II: PEARL HARBOR. Panoramic view of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 7 December 1941. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0167156
  • WORLD WAR II: PEARL HARBOR. The USS Shaw lies in wreckage after it was hit by three bombs which exploded its magazine during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0167136
  • WORLD WAR II: PEARL HARBOR. Burning and damaged ships at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, during the Japanese air raid, 7 December 1941. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0167135
  • WORLD WAR II: PEARL HARBOR. Burning and damaged ships at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, during the Japanese air raid, 7 December 1941. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0167134
  • WORLD WAR II: PEARL HARBOR. Man waving a flag on an aircraft carrier signalling the bomber planes to take off for the raid on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 7 December 1941. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0167125
  • WORLD WAR II: PEARL HARBOR. Photograph taken from a Japanese plane during the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 7 December 1941. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0167124
  • WORLD WAR II: PEARL HARBOR. Photograph taken from a Japanese plane during the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 7 December 1941. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0167123
  • WORLD WAR II: PEARL HARBOR. Japanese bomber planes over Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 7 December 1941. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0167122
  • WORLD WAR II: PEARL HARBOR. A Japanese pilot gives a salute before departing on the air raid on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, December 1941. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0167120
  • WORLD WAR II: PEARL HARBOR. Japanese planes preparing to take off from an aircraft carrier, before attacking on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, December 1941. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0167119
  • WORLD WAR II: PEARL HARBOR. Japanese planes being fueled and prepared before attacking on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, December 1941. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0167118
  • WORLD WAR II: PEARL HARBOR. The USS California settles in the mud near the shore at the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, after being hit by bombs and torpedoes during the Japanese attack on 7 December 1941. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0167109
  • WORLD WAR II: PEARL HARBOR. The USS West Virginia and the USS Tennessee after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0167107
  • WORLD WAR II: PEARL HARBOR. The American destroyer USS Shaw exploding in the dry dock during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 7 December 1941. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0162688
  • WORLD WAR II: HICKAM FIELD. Wreckage of a hangar at Hickam Field, Hawaii, after being bombed by the Japanese on 7 December 1941. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0129931
  • WORLD WAR II: PEARL HARBOR. Map of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, showing the U.S. naval base and the approximate location of American ships at the time of the Japanese attack on the morning of 7 December 1941. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0100554
  • WORLD WAR II: PEARL HARBOR. The wreckage of a downed Japanese Zero fighter at Honolulu, Hawaii, following the Japanese attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0100318
  • WORLD WAR II: PEARL HARBOR. American sailors on the lookout for enemy raiders at the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, following the Japanese attack on 7 December 1941. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0100317
  • WORLD WAR II: PEARL HARBOR. Damaged U.S. battleships at the naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, following the Japanese attack on 7 December 1941, with an anti-aircraft gun in the foreground. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0100314
  • WORLD WAR II: PEARL HARBOR. The USS Shaw in flames following the explosion of its magazine during the Japanese attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 7 December 1941. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0100313
  • WORLD WAR II: PEARL HARBOR. The USS California lists slightly as it settles in the mud near the shore at the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, after being hit by bombs and torpedoes during the Japanese attack on 7 December 1941. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0100311
  • WORLD WAR II: PEARL HARBOR. The capsized USS Oklahoma and the USS Maryland during the Japanese attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 7 December 1941. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0100310
  • WORLD WAR II: PEARL HARBOR. Aerial photograph, taken from a Japanese warplane, of the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, during the Japanese attack on 7 December 1941. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0100309
  • WWII: PEARL HARBOR. Three U.S. battleships stricken during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, 7 December, 1941. Left to right: USS West Virginia, severely damaged; USS Tennessee, damaged; USS Arizona, sunk. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0062293
  • WORLD WAR II: PEARL HARBOR. Scene after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0056623
  • WORLD WAR II: PEARL HARBOR. Wreckage of a Vought-Sikorsky plane at Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0056622
  • WORLD WAR II: PEARL HARBOR. U.S.S. Arizona burning during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 7 December 1941. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0017621
  • WORLD WAR II: PEARL HARBOR. The USS Shaw exploding during the Japanese attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 7 December 1941. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0017620
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