Hawai Kaisen tai suijō kansen senkazu, Shōwa 16-nen 12-gatsu 8-nichi = Estimated damage report against surface ships on the air attack of Pearl Harbor, December 8th, 1941

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Hawai Kaisen tai suijō kansen senkazu, Shōwa 16-nen 12-gatsu 8-nichi = Estimated damage report against surface ships on the air attack of Pearl Harbor, December 8th, 1941

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English title transcribed from map.
Title, legend and caption in Japanese and English handwritten by Fuchida.
Manuscript: Pen-and-ink (black) and watercolors.
Post-battle damage assessment map of Pearl Harbor.
Cartographer's name inferred from Website of Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum, Nov. 3, 2018, "Commander Mitsuo Fuchida."
Date inferred from Fuchida's autobiography; map was used for Fuchida's briefing of the Emperor on December 26, 1941.
Graphic map, hand-drawn, of Pearl Harbor showing details of the attack; approximately 60 ships drawn with names and types, e.g. "Arizona, Pennsylvania Type"; red dots, red arrows, and red crosses show types of weapons with amount of munition used for attack ("torpedo," "800 kg. bomb," and "250 kg. bomb"); red lines indicate severity of damage ("minor," "moderate," "serious" damage and "sunk"); red arrows show direction and location of where torpedoes struck American ships; cross marks indicate bomb impacts; red smoke from ships drawn; English alphabet and Japanese "iroha" assigned to ships; black dotted line indicates course of Nevada Class ship.
"Original total damage estimate map. This same map was photographed blow-up and shown to the Emperor after the attack" written in pencil in upper left margin.
LC sheet imperfect: Fold-lined, torn at right edge and taped onto paper-board base.
Includes notes.
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Confidential "軍極秘 (Gun gokuhi)" handwritten in red at head of title.

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01/01/1941
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