*These two links bring up websites that have specific details on the events that occurred. They have much more of a time space between them then the timeline below has.
- 1941 November 26: The naval fleet from Japan leaves its homeland and heads out towards Pearl Harbor to attack.
- 1941 December 6: President Franklin D. Roosevelt sends out one last peace treaty to Japan for any hope, but there is no answer or reaction. Then, later that day, code breakers from the U.S. try to hack the coded message found and were able to decipher 13 of the 14 total parts.
- 1941 December 7: At around 6 AM, the first wave gets off its carrier and goes towards Pearl Harbor. At exactly 7:02, the wave is shown on the American radar but thinking it was a scheduled flight leaves it alone. At around a quarter after 7, the second wave also goes towards Pearl Harbor. Close to 8 AM (7:53), the Japanese use complete surprise and hit the docked battleships; the second wave comes down and hits all military stations. At exactly 9:45 AM, the attack is over. The American code breakers decipher the last part at 9 in the morning, saying that they want to disconnect with the United States of America. No too long after, the U.S. find out that they are about to be attacked and that the primary target is the US Fleet located in Pearl Harbor.
- 1941 December 8: America officially declares war on the Empire of Japan.
- 1941 December 11: Germany and Italy become allies with Japan and declare war on the U.S., bringing them into World War II.