{{infobox military conflict |conflict=attack on pearl harbor |partof=the pacific theater of world war ii |image=325px |caption=photograph of battleship row taken from a japanese plane at the beginning of the attack. the explosion in the center is a torpedo strike on the uss west virginia. two attacking japanese planes can be seen: one over the  and one over the naval yard. |date=december 7, 1941 |place=primarily pearl harbor, hawaii territory, u.s. |result= * entrance of the united states of america into the war |combatant1= |combatant2= |commander1= husband kimmel walter short |commander2= chuichi nagumo isoroku yamamoto |strength1=8 battleships8 cruisers30 destroyers4 submarines1 uscg cutter49 other shipsâ390 aircraft |strength2=mobile unit:6 aircraft carriers2 battleships2 heavy cruisers1 light cruiser9 destroyers8 tankers23 fleet submarines5 midget submarines414 aircraft |casualties1=2 battleships totally lost2 battleships sunk and recovered3 battleships damaged1 battleship grounded2 other ships sunk3 cruisers damaged3 destroyers damaged3 other ships damaged188 aircraft destroyed159 aircraft damaged2,403 killed1,178 wounded |casualties2=4 midget submarines sunk1 midget submarine grounded29 aircraft destroyed64 killed1 captured. |notes=civilian c
1941_in_the_United_States Attack_on_Pearl_Harbor