The Japanese war strategy was never to invade or conquer the United States, but to defeat America militarily so that it would not pose a threat to Japanese expansion in China and Southeast Asia. Japan wanted hegemony over the Pacific (a national aspiration emboldened by the Russo-Japanese War), and the United States was the only other major regional power (projecting its power from the Philippines and a series of Pacific islands including Hawaii). Pearl Harbor was timed to run concurrently with assaults on other American Pacific outposts like Wake Island and Guam, followed by a massive invasion of the Philippines. These actions were intended to completely remove American military projection from the Pacific theater and break American resolve to wage a lengthy and bloody war. However, it pretty much had the opposite effect.
Fuel. Japanese ships did not refuel from tankers at sea, as did American ships, and this reduced their operational radius. Without mid-ocean refueling the IJN stretched itself to strike at Hawaii, and an attack on the US mainland would have been out of the question.
We didn't invade Japan because they predicted 500,000 American casualties. The perfection of the Atomic Bomb, made invasion unnecessary.
Because the War in Asia Was harder than they thought and the US army overan any offenses Japan sent
Iwo Jima and Okinawa.
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Japan has not tried to invade Russia. However, they did try to invade Mongolia which is bordered by Russia. The invasion was stopped by the Russian army.
Japan's only invasion of American soil during World War II occurred on the islands of Attu and Kiska on the Aleutian Chain of Alaska. Aside from that, the island of Adak was attacked by air as was, of course, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
Eventually yes but but he wanted to conquer all of Europe he had Japan attack the US
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Iwo Jima and Okinawa.
normandy
Invade Japan at the cost of 2 million US soldiers.
bomb Japan or invade it
They wanted to "blow" the US so they could invade and take over. This is when the US joined the Allied Powers.
Yes. if we hadn't dropped the bombs on the Japanese, then we would've had to invade Japan, costing the US millions of lives.
Japan has not tried to invade Russia. However, they did try to invade Mongolia which is bordered by Russia. The invasion was stopped by the Russian army.
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Japan's only invasion of American soil during World War II occurred on the islands of Attu and Kiska on the Aleutian Chain of Alaska. Aside from that, the island of Adak was attacked by air as was, of course, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
Eventually yes but but he wanted to conquer all of Europe he had Japan attack the US
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