They achieved their short term objective Given the final outcome, they probably wish they had not done it.
The air attack on Pearl Harbor was mis-timed. Most of the modern US Navy ships were not docked at Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attacked. They were out on maneuvers.
Japan did the attacking.
japan and America
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Yes they did.
F.D.R. declared war on Japan in retaliation to the Japanese attacking Pearl Harbor.
Moving by stealth into attacking positions.
Japan Attacking Pearl Harbor.
They tried to catch us off guard and take us by suprise(whitch didn't work for them in the long run)
BECAUSE JAPAN DIDN'T DECLAIRE WAR ON THE UNITED STATES SO THEY WERE NOT PARPARED. AS A RESAULT OF JAPAN ATTACKING PEARL HARBOR THE UNITED STATES DECLEARED WAR ON JAPAN.
They gave no reasons. It was a declaration of war.
they wanted to win