Japan had invaded China and was trying to conquer it. It had also occupied French Indochina as way to cut off western supplies to China & prepare for an invasion of the Dutch East Indies & British territories in southern Asia. Japan was also preparing to invade the Philippines, Guam & Wake Island.
Well we were fighting in the war. the ship that was there was just reloading on supplies and taking a break when the Japanes attacked Pearl Harbor.
Pearl Harbor was the main port for the US Navy in the Pacific Ocean.
It was out of Pearl Harbor doing training exercises with the other carriers.
most where sleeping, but some where at the morning flag ceremony.
some people were still sleeping and some were getting ready for church
Well, Japan needed resources and we wouldn't really trade oil with them, Japanese didn't want US to join the war so they felt if they attacked then we wouldn't really fight back. Also, the Japanese felt they could beat the US. But you have to remember, there was a depression world wide and Japan needed their resources.
FDR.
Japan wanted the whole pacific to themselves bu t America was the only naval force preventing them from doing so, then they bombed pearl harbor and brught the U.S. into WW2
-peyton is amazing
They were caring on with their lives because the government knew that there was going to be a bombing but they didnt know when.
A thesis statement is a statement that sums up the topic of a paper or scholarly essay. On the topic of Pearl Harbor, a thesis statement might be, 'The Japanese who attacked Pearl Harbor were impressive strategists.'
Fighting China (1894), then fighting Russia (1904), then invading China (1931), well before Pearl Harbor (1941).