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What risks were the Japanese government taking in attacking the pearl harbor?
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The government, dominated by the military at the time, were warned by the Admiral that planed the Pearl Harbour Attack that Japan would loose a war against the USA.
He also stated during the planning of the attack that if the American Aircraft Carriers were not sunk during the attack there was no chance of Japan winning the war.
He was overruled by his superiors and Japan was eventually boomed with two Nukes
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When did the Japanese formally declare war during Pearl Harbor?
they didnt, we declared war on them for attacking us. they "provoked" us to declare war, though we provoked them first by taking away their oil
What did the Japanese think they would accomplish by attacking and taking control of midway quickly?
The Japanese thought they would cripple the American Naval fleet with their attack at Midway.They hoped that another demoralizing defeat (Pearl Harbor being the first) would force the U.S. to capitulate in the Pacific War and thus ensure Japanese dominance in the Pacific. The American codebreakers broke the code and learned the date and time of the attack and were able to defeat the Japan Naval attack.
Why did the US place Japanese citizens in internment camps?
The Japanese government was so deceitful in the way they set up the U.S. for the Pearl Harbor bombing that it was difficult for the country to trust Japanese immigrants. Japanese diplomats were in the middle of peace talks and giving assurances that they had no intention of taking over Hawaii when they bombed Pearl Harbor in 1941. The U.S. had been suspicious before then since Japanese troops had taken several other Pacific Islands, but Japan was very convincing in their efforts to assure U.S. politicians that there would be no attack. On Sunday morning, December 7, 1941, when the nation was told that Pearl Harbor was being bombed, there was an immediate suspicion of everyone who looked Japanese, much as there is now suspicion of anyone who looks Middle Eastern. Only back then there was no effort to convince people that not all Orientals were trying to kill Americans. It was a different, less enlightened time. The belief was that if the nation could keep the Japanese away from anything critical to the nation, we wouldn't have to worry about what they would do if they were lying to us as the Japanese Government had done.
Why had diplomatic negotiations broken down during Pearl Harbor?
Diplomatic Negotiations were going on before the attack. They had not "broken down". That was a myth. These negotiations were taking place in the United States. The Japanese representatives in the US did not know that the Japanese government in Tokyo, in late 1941, had no intention of solving the issues with negotiation. Instead the Japanese leaders in Tokyo used the negotiations as a ruse and a false excuse for the attack.
What were the pros and cons of the pearl harbor attack?
If the US wouldn't have cut off the oil supply to japan there wouldn't have been any problems. But with that being said, the encampment of Japanese people had to be taken into play. Japanese people caused a threat against the united states. Any Japanese person could have been a spy or anything of that matter. so the taking into place of the encampments had to be done. The Cons of the encampment were that innocent Japanese people were taken ahold of. But as they always say better safe then sorry.
When did the Japanese formally declare war during Pearl Harbor?
they didnt, we declared war on them for attacking us. they "provoked" us to declare war, though we provoked them first by taking away their oil
Did the Japanese end up taking over Pearl Harbor?
Pearl Harbor was attacked, not invaded.
What was the effect of the military taking control of the Japanese government?
It set the stage for the military takeover.
What did the Japanese think they would accomplish by attacking and taking control of midway quickly?
The Japanese thought they would cripple the American Naval fleet with their attack at Midway.They hoped that another demoralizing defeat (Pearl Harbor being the first) would force the U.S. to capitulate in the Pacific War and thus ensure Japanese dominance in the Pacific. The American codebreakers broke the code and learned the date and time of the attack and were able to defeat the Japan Naval attack.
Why did the US place Japanese citizens in internment camps?
The Japanese government was so deceitful in the way they set up the U.S. for the Pearl Harbor bombing that it was difficult for the country to trust Japanese immigrants. Japanese diplomats were in the middle of peace talks and giving assurances that they had no intention of taking over Hawaii when they bombed Pearl Harbor in 1941. The U.S. had been suspicious before then since Japanese troops had taken several other Pacific Islands, but Japan was very convincing in their efforts to assure U.S. politicians that there would be no attack. On Sunday morning, December 7, 1941, when the nation was told that Pearl Harbor was being bombed, there was an immediate suspicion of everyone who looked Japanese, much as there is now suspicion of anyone who looks Middle Eastern. Only back then there was no effort to convince people that not all Orientals were trying to kill Americans. It was a different, less enlightened time. The belief was that if the nation could keep the Japanese away from anything critical to the nation, we wouldn't have to worry about what they would do if they were lying to us as the Japanese Government had done.
Why had diplomatic negotiations broken down during Pearl Harbor?
Diplomatic Negotiations were going on before the attack. They had not "broken down". That was a myth. These negotiations were taking place in the United States. The Japanese representatives in the US did not know that the Japanese government in Tokyo, in late 1941, had no intention of solving the issues with negotiation. Instead the Japanese leaders in Tokyo used the negotiations as a ruse and a false excuse for the attack.
What were the pros and cons of the pearl harbor attack?
If the US wouldn't have cut off the oil supply to japan there wouldn't have been any problems. But with that being said, the encampment of Japanese people had to be taken into play. Japanese people caused a threat against the united states. Any Japanese person could have been a spy or anything of that matter. so the taking into place of the encampments had to be done. The Cons of the encampment were that innocent Japanese people were taken ahold of. But as they always say better safe then sorry.
What hapend to pearl harber?
The attack on Pearl Harbor was an effort by the Japanese to disable the US Navy which would prevent our forces from fully taking part in World War 2.
What was the Japanese rationale for attacking the US Naval Base in Hawaii?
It was hoped that by dealing a major blow to the US Pacific Fleet, the US would not be able to interfere with Japanese plans to become self sufficient by taking over a large part of the Dutch, French and English colonial empires in Asia.
What was Yamamotos objective at Pearl Harbor?
To crush US morale and destroy US aircraft carriers before we could stop the Japanese from taking over the Pacific
What was the calculated risk that Japan took when it attacked Pearl Harbor?
Unlike Japan's invasion of China or Hitler's invasion of Poland, the Japanese understood that by attacking Pearl Harbor, they were taking a calculated risk. They fully understood the immense power the US had in their industrial base and their large population. The top Japanese leaders had no intention of landing in California, as an example. They did not to engage a "sleeping giant on its home turf". They, instead were taking a calculated risk that a raid on Pearl Harbor would give them a head start with an early knockout blow to the US Pacific fleet. This, for example, is what they did when it outlasted Russia with a surprise naval raid on Port Arthur in 1905, stunning the Western world.High level Japanese leaders were counting on a war weary US would sue for peace and depart from East Asia. Japan believed the US would prefer not to waste US soldiers lives in a Pacific wide, drawn out conflict thousands of miles away from its shores.The calculated risk was a failure.
Why did Japanese Americans live in camps?
Some Americans were already upset at the Japanese because they felt that they were taking their jobs. After the bombing in Pearl Harbor, the suspicion escalated to a level that sent around 120,000 people of Japanese descent to internment camps. The government was claimed that there was a danger that people of Japanese descent might be spying for the Japanese. Still, more than two thirds of the people interned were American citizens and half of them were children. Some family members were separated and sent to different camps. None had had showed any reason for disloyalty. Most of these camps were in isolated places in Arizona and Utah.
