The Definitive Historical Atlas of the Battle of Pearl Harbor

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Japanese attack paths and key locations on Oahu island (Smith 2001).
The attack paths of the first wave (Smith, 2001).
Pearl harbor before the attack on December 7 (Smith, 2001).
Wheeler Field (Smith, 2001).
Kaneohe Air Station attack (Smith, 2001).
Pearl Harbor viewed from the sky in 1941 (Smith, 2001).
Ford Island November, 1941 (Smith, 2001).
Japanese attack maps used by pilots at Pearl. Notice the English place names. The maps were sourced from the United States (Smith, 2001).
Schofield Barracks (Smith, 2001).
Old Pali Pass, a key Japanese landmark (Smith, 2001).
The Japanese Zero fighter (Smith, 2001).
Japanese Val aircraft (Smith, 2001).
(Smith, 2001).
Japanese pilots prepare to take off, cheered on by their compatriots (Smith, 2001).
Workers struggle to put out a burning aircraft at Kaneohe (Smith, 2001).
USS West Viriginia and Tennesse (Smith, 2001).
USS Nevada (Smith, 2001).
USS Arizona: the worst hit ship at Pearl Harbor where 1,200 men went down (Smith, 2001).
Smoke from the first attack wave hindered the effectiveness of the second wave (Smith, 2001).
A ship suffers a direct hit (Smith, 2001).
Battleship row after the attack (Smith, 2001).
Attack aftermath (Smith, 2001).
Aftermath of the attack at Wheeler airfield (Smith, 2001).
Diamond Head in 1941 – another key Japanese landmark (Smith, 2001).
Admiral Kimmel seated at the center of the table (Smith, 2001).
Fleet Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto (Smith, 2001).
Overall Japanese plan before the Battle of Pearl Harbor (Smith, 2001).

References:

Islands of the Damned: A Marine at War in the Pacific by R.V. Burgin and Bill Marvel 

Countdown to Pearl Harbor by Steve Twomey

Day of Infamy by Walter Lord 

At Dawn We Slept: The Untold Story of Pearl Harbor by Gordan Prange

Pearl Harbor Betrayed by Michael Gannon

Pearl Harbor: The Seeds and Fruit of Infamy edited by Percy L. Greaves Jr. 

I saw Tokyo burning: An eyewitness narrative from Pearl Harbor to Hiroshima by Robert Guillain

Tora! Tora! Tora! Pearl Harbor 1941 by Mark Stille

For That One Day: The Memoirs of Mitsuo Fuchida, the Commander of the Attack on Pearl Harbor translated by Douglas Shinsato and Tadanori Urabe.

Pearl Harbor 1941: The Day of Infamy by Carl Smith. 2001. Osprey Publishing.

Defenses of Pearl Harbor and Oahu by G. Willford and T. McGovern

The Pearl Harbor Controversy, 1941-1946 by Martin Victor Melosi. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. The University of Texas at Autin. 1975. 

Remembering Pearl Harbor: Eyewitness Accounts by U.S. Military Men and

Women edited by Robert S. La Forte and Ronald E. Marcello

Pearl Harbor Medal of Honor citations by various.

Pearl Harbor Survivors: An oral history of 24 servicemen edited by Harry Spiller

Pearl Harbor: From Infamy to Greatness by Craig Nelson

Radioman: An eyewitness account of Pearl Harbor by Ray Daves

The Attack on Pearl Harbor: Strategy, Combat, Myths, Deceptions by Alan Zimm

Understanding Preventive Wars: Lessons from Pearl Harbor by Lionel Pierre Faton. Unpublished Master’s Thesis. Waseda University. 

Battlefield: The Battle of Pearl Harbor. Television series. 2000. NBC Universal. 

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