- On the 76th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, shocking colorized photographs show the horror of the missile assault that claimed more than 2,400 lives and pulled the US into the Second World War
- Imperial Japan launched surprise attack on US Navy base on Hawaii on the morning of December 7, 1941
- In just 90 minutes, more than 2,400 American personnel were killed and 17 ships were damaged or lost
- While attack proved an initial success, it brought the US into the Second World War and led to Japan's defeat
- Admiral Hara Tadaichi said: 'We won a great tactical victory at Pearl Harbor, and thereby lost the war'
Japan used 354 planes launched in two waves to devastate the US Navy. Here, some of those planes prepare to take off
