What is Attack on Pearl Harbor?
{{Infobox military conflict | conflict = Attack on Pearl Harbor | partof = the Pacific Theater of [[World War II]] | image = Attack on Pearl Harbor Japanese planes view.jpg | caption = Photograph from a Japanese plane of [[Battleship Row]] at the beginning of the attack. The explosion in the center is a torpedo strike on the [[USS Oklahoma (BB-37)|USS ''Oklahoma'']]. Two attacking Japanese planes can be seen: one over the [[USS Neosho (AO-23)|USS Neosho]] and one over the Naval Yard. | date = December 7, 1941 | place = Primarily [[Pearl Harbor]], [[Territory of Hawaii|Hawaii Territory]], United States | result = American tactical and strategic victory''<ref>{{cite book| last = Weinberg| first = Gerhard L.| title = A World at Arms: A Global History of World War II Second Edition| year = 2005| publisher = Cambridge University Press| location = New York, NY| isbn = 978-0-521-61826-7| page = 261 }}</ref>'' * United States declares war on the Empire of Japan * Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy declare war on the United States. | casus = Oil and trade [[embargo]] by the [[United States]]; [[diplomacy|diplomatic]] stalemate between Japan and the US. | combatant1 = {{Flagicon|United States|1912}} [[United States|United States of America]] | combatant2 = {{Flagicon|Empire of Japan}} [[Empire of Japan]] | commander1 = {{Flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Husband Kimmel]]<br />{{Flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Walter Short]] | commander2 = {{Flagicon|Empire of Japan|naval}} [[Chuichi Nagumo]]<br />{{Flagicon|Empire of Japan|naval}} [[Isoroku Yamamoto]] | strength1 = 8 battleships,<br/> 8 cruisers,<br/> 30 destroyers,<br/> 4 submarines,<br/> 49 other ships,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ships present at Pearl Harbor 0800 December 7, 1941 US Navy Historical Center |url=http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq66-2.htm |access-date=January 30, 2011 |archive-date=July 10, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710014932/http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq66-2.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref><br/> ~390 aircraf