U.S. Naval base at Pearl Harbor comes under massive attack by Japanese aircraft 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 7 1941)


Video: 'E.04 - Tiger, Tiger, Tiger - Pearl Harbor - WW2 - 120 D - December 7, 1941' (covers the attack on Pearl Harbor in real time from 7:40-8:10 a.m. Hawaii Standard Time)

(Sunday, December 7, 1941, 7:55 a.m. in Honolulu/1:25 p.m. in Washington/Monday, December 8, 1941, 3:25 a.m. in Tokyo; during the Attack on Pearl Harbor, part of the Asiatic-Pacific Theater of World War II) — Japanese warplanes suddenly and unexpected today attacked the home base of the U.S. Pacific fleet at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii (with more than 80 aircraft in the first wave), plunging the United States into World War II.


Video: 'Pearl Harbor Minute by Minute' (10-video playlist that covers the attack on Pearl Harbor in real time from 6:10-11:10 a.m. Hawaii Standard Time)

2,402 Americans were killed.