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WWII On This Day: December 6

What happened on December 6 during World War II? This date brings together 1 event from 1941, with period photographs and links to the full operations documented across WW2 Theatres.

1941
Lieutenant Ichiro Kitajima briefs Kaga's B5N torpedo-bomber crews on 6 December 1941. A diagram of Pearl Harbor and the attack plan is chalked on the flight deck.
Lieutenant Ichiro Kitajima briefs Kaga's B5N torpedo-bomber crews on 6 December 1941. A diagram of Pearl Harbor and the attack plan is chalked on the flight deck. Unknown Imperial Japanese Navy photographer · Public domain (PD-Japan-oldphoto) Source
Attack on Pearl Harbor

The air groups receive their final target briefings

Aircrews reviewed detailed target assignments, approach routes and recognition diagrams for Pearl Harbor and Oʻahu's airfields. Torpedo aircraft had trained specifically for the harbor's shallow water, while level bombers carried modified armour-piercing weapons for battleship decks. The photograph attached here was taken aboard Kaga on 6 December. Lieutenant Ichiro Kitajima is briefing his torpedo-bomber crews with the harbor and attack plan chalked directly on the deck.

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