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<p>There, like a string of pearls draped across the docks and waterfront, was the majority of the US's naval might.</p>

<p>The devastating Japanese onslaught began around 8 a.m., eventually killing 2,403 Americans and wounding many others, sinking four battleships, and damaging military airfields.</p>

<p>The Pearl Harbor attack spurred America into World War II, leading ultimately to Allied victory over the Japanese in the Pacific and the Nazis and other Axis powers in Europe.</p>

<p>Here are photographs from the attack and its immediate aftermath.</p>

<p><a id="e3028208-3371-3ff1-aaf9-2d7f1fe8df74" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/author/amanda-macias?utm_source=intl&amp;utm_medium=ingest">  Amanda Macias </a> and <a id="5fdcd18d-8600-3806-ae0d-431f757a9572" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/author/kamelia-angelova?utm_source=intl&amp;utm_medium=ingest">  Kamelia Angelova </a> contributed to an earlier version of this story.</p>

<h1> On the morning of December 7, 1941, an attack planned by Adm. Isoroku Yamamoto to demobilize the US Navy was carried out. </h1>

<h1> Around 7 a.m., an Army radar operator spotted the first wave of the Japanese planes. The officers to whom those reports were relayed did not consider them significant enough to take action. </h1>

<h1> The Japanese hit most of the US ships in Oahu before 9 a.m. </h1>

<h1> The Japanese also took the opportunity to attack military airfields while bombing the fleet in Pearl Harbor. The purpose of these simultaneous attacks was to destroy American planes before they could respond. </h1>

<h1> More than 90 ships were anchored at Pearl Harbor. The primary targets were the eight battleships in Battleship Row. </h1>

<h1> The USS West Virginia, left, was one of the battleships to sink during the attack. The Japanese successfully damaged all eight. </h1>

<h1> At about 8:10 a.m., the USS Arizona exploded as a bomb ignited its forward ammunition magazine. About half of the total number of Americans killed that day were on this ship. </h1>

<h1> Heres another picture of the USS Arizona. </h1>

<h1> The USS Shaw, a destroyer, also exploded during the two-hour attack by Japan. </h1>

<h1> The damaged USS Nevada tried to escape down the channel toward the open sea but became a target during the second wave of 170 Japanese planes, hoping to sink it in the channel and block the narrow entrance to Pearl Harbor. The ship was grounded with 60 killed on board. </h1>

<p>National Archives and Records Administration</p>

<h1> A Japanese plane hit by American naval antiaircraft fire was engulfed in flames. Fewer than 30 Japanese planes were lost in the attack. </h1>

<h1> About 190 US planes were destroyed, and another 159 were damaged. </h1>

<h1> Sailors at the Naval Air Station in Kaneohe, Hawaii, attempted to salvage a burning PBY Catalina in the aftermath of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. </h1>

<h1> People in New Yorks Times Square bought newspapers with headlines like this one, "Japs Attack US." The US entered World War II after the surprise attack. </h1>

<h1> Salvage work soon began on the destroyers USS Cassin and USS Downes. The Japanese failed to damage any US aircraft carriers, which were surprisingly absent from the harbor. </h1>

<h1> About 10% of Japanese planes were lost on December 7, 1941. </h1>

<h1> The USS Oklahoma was considered too old to be worth repairing. </h1>

<h1> Here, a Marine holds a piece of shrapnel removed from his arm after the attack. </h1>

<h1> Sailors participated in a memorial service for the more than 2,400 Americans killed in the attack. </h1>

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aerial view of the initial blows struck against american ships as seen from a japanese plane over pearl harbor

Under the South Pacific sun on December 7, 1941, troops serving the US fleet at Pearl Harbor began a calm Sunday morning unaware that Japanese bombers were headed toward America's most important Pacific base.

Unforgettable photos from the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, 77 years ago today

<p>The <a id="0f1aa4dc-3f41-3e84-a8e9-ba4b1f754582" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/pearl-harbor-attack-photos-2013-12?utm_source=intl&amp;utm_medium=ingest">  Japanese assault began around 8 a.m. </a> , resulting in the deaths of 2,403 Americans, numerous injuries, and the sinking of four battleships and damage to many more.</p>

<p>Surprised US service members who normally would have slept in on that Sunday morning or enjoyed some recreation found themselves fighting for their lives.</p>

<p>In 2013, the US Navy remembered the "day of infamy" <a id="a76e32e5-32ca-3b2a-a7ac-4958080d166c" href="http://www.navy.mil/ah_online/ftrStory.asp?issue=3&amp;id=78115">  with a series of photo illustrations </a> overlaying scenes from that horrifying date with present-day photos.</p>

<p>Now, 77 years after the attack, here's what Pearl Harbor looked like then and now.</p>

<p><a id="32ee0c81-f365-3918-ae83-baf3d0b75791" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/author/paul-szoldra?utm_source=intl&amp;utm_medium=ingest">  Paul Szoldra </a> contributed to an earlier version of this story.</p>

<h1> Defenders on Ford Island watch for planes during the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. </h1>

<p>U.S. Navy photo illustration by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Diana Quinlan</p>

<h1> The battleship USS California burns in the foreground as the battleship USS Arizona burns in the background after the attack on Pearl Harbor. </h1>

<h1> Defenders on Ford Island watch for planes. </h1>

<h1> Sailors on Ford Island look on as the Mahan-class destroyer USS Shaw explodes. </h1>

<h1> A view of the historic Ford Island control tower from 1941. The tower was once used to guide airplanes at the airfield on the island. It is now an aviation library. </h1>

<h1> The USS Shaw explodes during the attack. </h1>

<h1> The battleship USS Arizona burns during the attack, as viewed from Ford Island. </h1>

<h1> Hangar 6 on Ford Island stands badly damaged after the attack. </h1>

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Unforgettable photos from the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, 77 years ago today

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