Operation Z (Pearl Harbor attack plan)

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Operation Z was the Imperial Japanese Navy’s meticulously planned surprise air assault on the U.S. Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor in December 1941, intended to cripple American naval power at the outset of the Pacific War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Japanese military plan ⓘ
military operation ⓘ
naval air operation ⓘ
airStrikePlanner Commander Minoru Genda ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Hawaii Operation ⓘ
linked to: Hawaiian Operation

Hawaiian Operation ⓘ
Pearl Harbor attack plan ⓘ
approvedBy Imperial General Headquarters ⓘ
belligerent Empire of Japan ⓘ
linked to: Japan
commandedBy Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto ⓘ
linked to: Isoroku Yamamoto
consequence brought the United States into World War II ⓘ
galvanized American public opinion ⓘ
led to U.S. declaration of war on Japan ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Empire of Japan ⓘ
linked to: Imperial Japan
date 1941-12-07 ⓘ
firstWaveObjective attack battleships and airfields ⓘ
hasObjective cripple the U.S. Pacific Fleet ⓘ
secure Japanese freedom of action in Southeast Asia and the Pacific ⓘ
historicalSignificance marked the beginning of large-scale carrier warfare in the Pacific ⓘ
includedWaveCount 2 ⓘ
inspiredBy British attack on Taranto ⓘ
intelligencePlanner Commander Takijiro Onishi ⓘ
involvedAircraftType Aichi D3A dive bomber ⓘ
Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighter ⓘ
linked to: Mitsubishi A6M

Nakajima B5N torpedo bomber ⓘ
linked to: Nakajima B5N
involvedUnit Akagi aircraft carrier ⓘ
First Air Fleet ⓘ
Hiryu aircraft carrier ⓘ
Japanese fleet submarines ⓘ
Japanese midget submarines ⓘ
Kaga aircraft carrier ⓘ
Shokaku aircraft carrier ⓘ
Soryu aircraft carrier ⓘ
Zuikaku aircraft carrier ⓘ
location Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Territory of Hawaii, United States ⓘ
navalTaskForceCommander Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo ⓘ
linked to: Chuichi Nagumo
notableFeature long-range carrier strike launched in radio silence ⓘ
use of shallow-water torpedoes modified for Pearl Harbor ⓘ
opposedBy United States ⓘ
partOf Pacific War ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
plannedBy Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
preparationStartDate 1941-01 ⓘ
result tactical Japanese victory ⓘ
secondWaveObjective attack remaining ships and facilities ⓘ
tactic carrier-based air strike ⓘ
surprise attack ⓘ
two-wave air assault ⓘ
targeted Pearl Harbor naval base ⓘ
U.S. Army Air Forces airfields on Oahu ⓘ
U.S. Pacific Fleet ⓘ
usedForce Kido Butai (First Air Fleet) ⓘ
linked to: Kido Butai

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Combined Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy → notableOperation → Operation Z (Pearl Harbor attack plan) ⓘ
Japanese carrier Zuiho → participatedIn → Attack on Pearl Harbor operations (support role, 1941) ⓘ
linked to: Operation Z (Pearl Harbor attack plan)
Kongō → participatedIn → Attack on Pearl Harbor (support operations) ⓘ
linked to: Operation Z (Pearl Harbor attack plan)
Japanese cruiser Mikuma → participatedIn → Attack on Pearl Harbor operations area (cover forces) ⓘ
linked to: Operation Z (Pearl Harbor attack plan)
Operation Z (Pearl Harbor attack plan) → alsoKnownAs → Pearl Harbor attack plan ⓘ
linked to: Operation Z (Pearl Harbor attack plan)