Skip to content
Event war Americas

Attack on Pearl Harbor

1941 CE

Japan's surprise aerial attack on the US Pacific Fleet at a Hawaiian naval base brought America into World War II.

See it on the timeline

Standing in 1941 CE

Records whose own span was running in this exact year.

Tibet Polity · South Asia 1000 CE – 1960 CE Canada Polity · Americas Founded 1815 CE · attested to 2026 CE Mexico Polity · Americas Founded 1810 CE · attested to 2026 CE World War II Conflict · Europe 1939 CE – 1945 CE Taj Mahal Landmark · South Asia 1632 CE – still standing Second Sino-Japanese War Conflict · East Asia 1937 CE – 1945 CE

Around the same time

The nearest dated moments on either side.

1940 CE Franco-Thai War 1941 CE Continuation War 1941 CE Anglo-Iraqi War 1941 CE Ecuadorian-Peruvian War 1941 CE Yugoslav People's Liberation War 1941 CE Siege of Leningrad