The day America was attacked

HST 3.42am The minesweeper ship Condor spots a sub 3.2km (2mi) from Pearl Harbor and sends a warning to the USS Ward 6.10am 183 fighters, bombers and torpedo planes take off from Japanese aircraft carriers north of Oahu 7.02am First sighting The Opana Radar Station on Oahu spots more than 50 aircraft bearing down on them, much to the incredulity of the two privates on duty 7.20am A lieutenant incorrectly believes the planes sighted by the radar station to be US B.17 bombers, and fatally dismisses the warning 7.40am Japanese planes bear down on Pearl Harbor as the clouds clear 7.55am Airfield attack The Japanese first bomb the US Air Force’s Wheeler Field, north of Pearl Harbor, destroying most of the US warplanes on the ground 8am Most of a…

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