Today marks the 80th anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor by the Japanese, on December 7th 1941. The battleships USS West Virginia (foreground) and USS Tennessee sit low in the water and burn after the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor.
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Black smoke pouring from USS California on fire in Pearl Harbor, Oahu Island after the surprise attack by the Japanese which brought America into WWII.
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Smoke rises from the burning buildings on Ford Island.
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USS Nevada on fire in Pearl Harbor, Oahu Island.
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From left to right, the USS West Virginia, the USS Tennessee, and the USS Arizona take extreme damage during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
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Thick smoke billows up from stricken American warships (from left, USS West Virginia and USS Tennessee) along battleship row during the Japanese attack.
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A view of the USS Shaw exploding at the U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
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The battleship USS Pennsylvania (center right), sits in drydock at Pearl Harbor, amid the ruins of the USS Cassin and USS Downes.
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Imperial Japanese Navy airplanes attacking the US Navy deep-water naval base on Pearl Harbor .
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An Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft during the attack on the US naval base at Pearl Harbor.
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A Japanese photograph shows Mitsubishi dive bombers warming up on the deck of a carrier in the Pacific before their attack on Pearl Harbor in the early hours of December 7, 1941.
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Sailors stand amid wrecked watching as the USS Shaw explodes in the center background. The USS Nevada is also visible in the middle background, with her bow headed toward the left.
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Photograph taken by a Japanese bomber during the attack. Aerial view of the US Hawaiian Air Base at Wheeler Airfield burning.
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Wheeler Field was the first to feel the impact of Japanese bombs when Hirohito’s heels dumped their loads on Pearl. This picture, taken from a Japanese newsreel obtained by the War Department and released by OWI, shows the opening attack which, according to the Japanese commentator, took place after the Declaration of War.
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The USS California, the USS Maryland, the USS Oklahoma, the USS Tennessee, the USS West Virginia and the USS Arizona show varying degrees of damage following the surprise Japanese attack.
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Ships burn in Pearl Harbor during the Japanese attack.
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Left to right are the USS West Virginia, the USS Tennessee and the USS Arizona.
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Front page of the New York Post on December 8th 1941 reporting on the attacks the day before.
