They attacked it because they wanted to expand their territory more to the east af the Doolittle raid.
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Japan attacked the United States first at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Attacks followed shortly in the Philippines, Guam, and Wake Islands. Later Japan occupied the Alaskan Islands of Attu and Kiska as a diversion for an attack on Midway Island.
Never. In 1942 Japan invaded the Philippines, Guam, Wake Island, and two of the Aleutian Islands (Kiska and Attu) which were US possessions at the time. The invasions of the Aleutians were a diversion from the real invasion planned for Midway, but it was stopped. If not for the defeat at Midway, Japan might have been in a position to invade the continental US after invading the Hawaiian Islands and the rest of the Aleutian Islands first, but it never came to that.
The United States took possesion of the Midway Islands.
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.
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Japan attacked the Midway Islands because it wanted to prevent the US from having control of the western half of the Pacific ocean. The Battle of Midway occurred in June of 1942.
Japan was the only Axis country involved in, and defeated at, the Battle of Midway.
They attacked China - Manchuria specifically, a port in Russia and Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, as well as Midway, the Philippines and various other islands in the Pacific.
•The result stopped Japan's pacific expansion. •By defeating Japan at Midway, the U.S. was able to begin the "island hopping" campaign to bring the war to Japan's home islands. •The US ability to crack Japan's radio code led to Japan's defeat.