The film depicts Japanese bombers deliberately targeting a hospital. In reality, Japanese pilots were under strict orders not to target medical facilities ; while some hospitals were accidentally damaged, it was not a strategic goal.
In a laughable error, the film shows Kate Beckinsale’s character, Nurse Evelyn Johnson, watching the attack unfold from a hilltop overlooking the harbor. Behind her is a vast mountain range. Pearl Harbor is in Honolulu on the flat southern coast of Oahu. The iconic mountains (the Koolau range) are behind the harbor. You cannot see battleships exploding in front of a mountain backdrop. It is geographically impossible. This is not verification; it is cartographic fiction. movie pearl harbor verified
: The central plot involving Rafe McCawley (Ben Affleck), Danny Walker (Josh Hartnett), and Evelyn Johnson (Kate Beckinsale) is entirely Timeline Liberties The film depicts Japanese bombers deliberately targeting a