yes they did
Actually, chronologically, the Japanese invasion of Malaya is very slightly before the attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec 7th 1941. It led to the attack and capture of Singapore, in which many British & Australians were captured.
I remember one which was exploit out before it happened but terrorist had planned to attack the Changi Airport in Singapore.
It would OBVIOUSLY look VERY horrible! The Japanese invaded Singapore forcefully without permission and it was of course very shocking for all Singaporeans as they weren't expecting it to happen. So they just relied on the British to protect Singapore. But before they knew it, the British surrended Singapore to the Japanese.
There was no declaration before the attack on Pearl Harbor because the Japanese government believed a surprise attack would cripple the United States Pacific Fleet and prevent them from interfering with Japanese military expansion in the Asia-Pacific region. It was seen as a strategic move to gain an advantage in the early stages of the war.
yes
It was a surprise attack, before a declration of war, on a Sunday morning against a nation at peace.
The USN Destroyer USS Ward fired upon and sunk a Japanese Mini-Submarine (Midget Sub) before the air attack began.
Germany invaded Poland before the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Its "British empire" you silly slag! And to answer your question, because the japs were holding on to it and we were kinda at war with tham. :-) Singapore was attacked by the Japanese and Singapore was the major British military base in South East Asia, so Singapore belonged to Britain at that time, before they surrender Singapore to Japan and hence, Singapore was not attacked by the Britain Empire.
The airmen knew their targets. They had to study them.
USS Ward detected the first Japanese periscope before the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
The attack upon Pearl Harbor occurred before the formal Japanese declaration of war .