In two hours the first five of eight battleship sank.
USS Arizona burned for two days
The Japanese attacked in two waves. The first wave's aim was to make sure that the Americans couldn't counter-attack and it lasted half an hour. They did this by dive-bombing (1) and strafing (Attack repeatedly with bombs or machine-gun fire from low-flying aircraft). Many American bombers and patrol planes (2) were targeted and either destroyed or damaged.
The second wave departed after a 15 minute wait after the first wave. For an hour they delivered dive bombing, horizontal bombing (3) and fighter machine gun attacks.
Japan lost only 29 planes, with 9 in the first wave and 20 in the second wave, compared to the Americans, who lost 64 and 82 were damaged.
The aircraft carriers involved in the attack were: Akagi, Hiryu, Kaga, Shokaku, Soryu, and Zuikaku (4). Two fast battleships, 2 heavy cruisers, 1 light cruiser, 9 destroyers, and 3 fleet submarines provided escort for the task force. There were only 3 Japanese class planes, A6M Zero, B5N Kate and D3A Val (5).
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| Japanese air power |
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(2)
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| P26 |
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| P36A |
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| P40 B |
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| P40 C |
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| B17 |
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| B18 |
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| A20 |
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| Horizontal Bombing |
(4)
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| Shokaku |
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| Hiryu |
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| Zuikaku |
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| Akagi |
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| Soryu |
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| Kaga |
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| B5N |
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| A6M |
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| D3A Val |
http://www.ww2pacific.com/aaf41.html
http://www.pearlharbor.org/center-ships.asp
http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/events/wwii-pac/pearlhbr/ph-ja3.htm
http://www.militaryfactory.com/aircraft/ww2-aircraft-1941.asp
http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/events/wwii-pac/pearlhbr/ph-ja1.htm
http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/events/wwii-pac/pearlhbr/ph-oa.htm
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