The Attack on Pearl Harbor - The United States Enters World War II (Electronic book text)

When December 7, 1941, dawned in Hawaii, no one expected that by the end of the day, the U.S. Pacific Fleet would lie in ruins and the United States would be at war. The planes of the Japanese First Carrier Striking Force sank or severely damaged 18 American warships lying at anchor at the Pearl Harbor naval base on the island of Oahu. This single air raid on "a date which will live in infamy" forever altered the history of the United States.