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HMS Repulse escorting a troop convoy in the Indian Ocean toward Singapore, early Dec 1941; note dazzle camouflage scheme	Ice forming on a 20-inch signal projector on the cruiser HMS Sheffield while escorting a convoy in the Norwegian Sea or Barents Sea, Dec 1941

Kaga in heavy seas en route to Pearl Harbor, circa early Dec 1941; carrier Zuikaku in background	Members of the No. 3 Squadron RAAF checking under the hood of a Bantam BRC 40 Jeep in Libya's western desert, Dec 1941

Soviet troops in exercise on Chistoprudny Boulevard in Moscow, Russia, 1 Dec 1941	British Royal Navy Rear Admiral Arthur Palliser and Admiral Sir Thomas Philips at Singapore, 2 Dec 1941

Advertisement for silk fabrics that appeared in two Honolulu newspapers 3 Dec 1941, four days before the attack. This ad was said to have coded messages alerting Japanese residents in Hawaii. This copy has been “decoded”	The top of the Silk Ad from two 3 Dec 1941 Honolulu newspapers turned upside down and viewed in a mirror. This was supposed to reveal the words, “Japan raid.”

Flight leader Masao Sato (second row, third from right) with his pilots aboard Zuikaku, 6 Dec 1941; note Tetsuzo Iwamoto second row, right-most	Japanese B5N torpedo bomber crews posing before a B5N aircraft aboard carrier Kaga, Pacific Ocean, 6 Dec 1941

Japanese carrier pilots receiving instructions before attacking Pearl Harbor, Pacific Ocean, Dec 1941	A view down Pearl Harbor’s Battleship Row about an hour after the Japanese air attack began, 0850, 7 Dec 1941. Note battleship USS California listing in the foreground and the capsized Oklahoma beyond.

A view down Pearl Harbor’s main channel during the Japanese air attack, 7 Dec 1941. Note the battleship USS California listing and sinking and note the Ford Island water tower at right.	A view of Pearl Harbor’s Battleship Row from the Ten-Ten Dock at the Operating Base, 7 Dec 1941. Visible are battleships Maryland, the capsized Oklahoma, Tennessee, the sunken West Virginia, and Arizona’s masts.

AD-3 Dobbin, AD-4 Whitney, destroyers Phelps, Hull, Dewey, Worden, MacDonough, Conyngham, Reid, Tucker, Case, and Selfridge, Pearl Harbor, at 0926, 7 Dec 1941	Aerial view of Ford Island in Pearl Harbor during the Japanese attack, 7 Dec 1941; photo taken from a Japanese aircraft

Attack on 'Battleship Row' of Pearl Harbor, seen from a Japanese aircraft, Hawaii, 7 Dec 1941	Battleship Arizona burning and settled on the bottom as seen from Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii, Dec 7, 1941.

Battleship USS Maryland in Berth F5, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 7 Dec 1941. Note capsized USS Oklahoma at right, USS Tennessee behind Maryland, and smoke from burning USS Arizona in the background.	Battleships USS West Virginia (sunken at left) and USS Tennessee (right) shrouded in smoke, Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, 7 Dec 1941