Pearl Harbor by the Numbers

Sometimes it’s difficult to get a true feel for the scope of an event without concrete numbers to back up the information and make it come to life. You already know that the Japanese launched a devastating attack on the American naval base at Pearl Harbor. You also know that this was the catalyst for the United States entering World War II. But the weight of the attack can be hard to feel more than 80+ years after it occurred.

That is, unless you’re looking at cold, hard numbers that drive home just how destructive the Japanese assault really was.

Here’s a look at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, America’s Day of Infamy, by the numbers.

RTWT@ Pearl Harbor.org