Japan was at war with China. Despite being a military superpower, their war with China was using up their resources. During that time, most of their resources especially oil were coming from the US. The US did not approve of Japanese aggression in China and they declared an embargo on Japan. This means they would stop supplying Japan with raw materials. So where would Japan get their resources to continue the war now?
The Japanese High Command carefully discussed this and came up with the conclusion that the Dutch East Indies would be the best place to gain resources. But they knew that an attack on the Dutch East Indies would probably bring the US into the war. So they had to find a way to prevent the US from fighting with them until they conquered the Dutch East Indies. That's when they planned Pearl Harbor. The goal of Pearl Harbor was to disable the American fleet for a few months to give them enough time to conquer the Dutch East Indies and to absorb its resources to finance their war in China and the US once the US' navy was rebuilt.
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It was more inaction than action. The US tried to remain neutral being that the war was not touching the Americas. After Japan's attack the US did an about face and declared war on Japan.
Nuclear war.
The US oil embargo against Japan
They sent in aircrafts with bombs to attack different targets. They were trying to attack the military bases.
the Japanese did not lull the US into an attack on Pearl Harbor. the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, not the other way around.
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The attack to Pearl Harbor by the Japanese army took place the morning of the 7th of December of 1941. This bombing was intended to be a preventive action, but instead was the even that triggered the US participation in the World War II. The Japanese general of the Imperial Japanese Army in charge during that attack was Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto.
The Japanese had planned a surprise attack on Midway. The surprise was foiled because the US had broken Japan's military code and the US was prepared for the attack.
primarily the prospect of an oil embargo and the US refusal to permit Japan to expand into SE Asia after the defeat of European colonial powers by Germany in 1940.
The attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese.
The Japanese Admirals were Nagumo & Yamamoto. It was influenced by the British attack on the Italian fleet at Taranto in November of 1940. Tora Tora Tora: Great film.
The Japaneses naval code was broken by the allies, and imminent attack plans by the Japanese was decoded by the allies.
Japanese attack on pearl harbor in 1941
They sent in aircrafts with bombs to attack different targets. They were trying to attack the military bases.
Yes. The attack on pearl harbor was a military surprise attack, to distract the US and give the Japanese some time to fight Malaysia. My opinion is this: We Leaked info to the Japanese of the fleet in pearl harbor so that the American people would stand by the decision to try the newly invented hydrogen bomb period!
December 7, 1941, was the date of the Japanese attack.
Japanese suprise attack on Pearl Harbor Hawaii on 07 Dec 1941
The first attack on Japanese military was just days after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
If we are speaking of the attack by the Japanese on Sydney Harbour the fact is that it had practically no impact on Australia Aside from the tragic effect it had on the friends and relatives of those that were murdered as a result of this action.
In violating the Belgian neutrality, the Germans marched through Belgium to attack France. This action greatly influenced England's entrance into the war.