A series of events led to the attack on Pearl Harbor. War between Japan and the United States had been a possibility that each nation's military forces planned for since the 1920s, though real tension did not begin until the 1931 invasion of Manchuria by Japan. Over the next decade, Japan expanded slowly into China, leading to all out war between the two in 1937. In 1940 Japan invadedFrench Indochina in an effort to embargo all imports into China, including war supplies purchased from the U.S. This move prompted the United States to embargo all oil exports, leading the Imperial Japanese Navy to estimate that it had less than two years of bunker oil remaining and to support the existing plans to seize oil resources in the Dutch East Indies. Planning had been underway for some time on an attack on the "Southern Resource Area" to add it to the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere that Japan envisioned in the Pacific.
The Philippine islands, at that time an American territory, were also a Japanese target. The Japanese military concluded that an invasion of the Philippines would provoke an American military response. Rather than seize and fortify the islands, and wait for the inevitable US counterattack, Japan's military leaders instead decided on the pre-emptive Pearl Harbor attack, which they assumed would negate the American forces needed for the liberation and reconquest of the islands.
Planning for the attack had begun in very early 1941, by Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto. He finally won assent from the Naval High Command by, among other things, threatening to resign. The attack was approved in the summer at an Imperial Conference and again at a second Conference in the fall. Simultaneously over the year, pilots were trained, and ships prepared for its execution. Authority for the attack was granted at the second Imperial Conference if a diplomatic result satisfactory to Japan was not reached. After final approval by Emperor Hirohito the order to attack was issued at the beginning of December.
Japan attacked Pearl Harbor to destroy the US Naval Fleet in the pacific. One of the main targets were the Aircraft Carrierswhich were not in Pearl Harbor at the time of the attack.
The bombing of Pearl Harbor was the main thing that started the war
Pearl Harbor is located in Hawaii. While Pearl was the main attack objective, other military locations in Hawaii were attacked at the same time.
The December 7, 1941 attack by the Japanese on Pearl Harbor and other US military installations & ships at Hawaii is real, and was the primary cause for the US entry into World War Two.Attack on Pearl Harbor is the 2001 non-fictional book by author Shelley Tanaka, is a compilation of stories by survivors.The 2001 movie Pearl Harbor is based on the actual historical event, however the movie's main characters are fictional people loosely based on some or various real people.
Pearl Harbor is in Hawaii, which at the time was a US Territory. The Navy base at Pearl is still there. The main attack was against the ships and airfields on the island and several specific locations where attacked.
An attack on the main Russian Pacific fleet at Port Arthur during the Russo-Japanese War
Japan attacked Pearl Harbor to destroy the US Naval Fleet in the pacific. One of the main targets were the Aircraft Carrierswhich were not in Pearl Harbor at the time of the attack.
because it destroyed most of the American naval fleet which was lined up in Pearl Harbor.
FDR and Hideki Tojo
The bombing of Pearl Harbor was the main thing that started the war
Pearl Harbor is located in Hawaii. While Pearl was the main attack objective, other military locations in Hawaii were attacked at the same time.
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Stealthy enemy movements into attacking positions.
The December 7, 1941 attack by the Japanese on Pearl Harbor and other US military installations & ships at Hawaii is real, and was the primary cause for the US entry into World War Two.Attack on Pearl Harbor is the 2001 non-fictional book by author Shelley Tanaka, is a compilation of stories by survivors.The 2001 movie Pearl Harbor is based on the actual historical event, however the movie's main characters are fictional people loosely based on some or various real people.
the aircraft carriers (the main targets) because the carriers were out to sea..........
PEARL HARBOUR DIDN'T DO ANYTHING TO PROVOKE THE ATTACK. IT JUST HAPPENED TO BE THE U.S. NAVY'S MAIN NAVAL BASE IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC.
Germany's Invasion of Poland and Japan's attack at Pearl Harbor.