Japan Attacks

Photos of Japan Attacking, USS Arizona, Pearl Harbor, Corregidor, Bataan

We have gathered a collection of some of the best and most moving photos taken during the Second World War. They are from the National Archives in Washington D.C.
Please browse at your leisure. Meditate on the sacrifice given by these men and women in wartime.

This page is dedicated to pictures of Japan Attacking in wartime

Captured Japanese photograph taken aboard a Japanese carrier before the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, December 7, 1941. Captured Japanese photograph taken during the December 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor. In the distance, the smoke rises from Hickam Field.
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"USS SHAW exploding during the Japanese raid on Pearl Harbor." December 7, 1941. "The USS ARIZONA burning after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor." December 7, 1941
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"Pearl Harbor, T.H. taken by surprise, during the Japanese aerial attack. USS WEST VIRGINIA aflame." December 7, 1941. Surrender of American troops at Corregidor, Philippine Islands, May 1942.
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"The March of Death. Along the March [on which] these prisoners were photographed, they have their hands tied behind their backs. The March of Death was about May 1942, from Bataan to Cabanatuan, the prison camp." "This picture, captured from the Japanese, shows American prisoners using improvised litters to carry those of their comrades who, from the lack of food or water on the march from Bataan, fell along the road." Philippines, May 1942.
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