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Why didn't the Japanese occupy Hawaii after their surprise attack?
Wiki User
∙ 13y ago
Had to strong disavantage because we had a more ship to attacked and it would be easy to for to get back and we would have to boom it and it great coverge for the people who lived there to attack them.
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∙ 15y ago
Wiki User
∙ 13y agoThe attack on Hawaii was to prevent the US from being able to attack Japan or any of its dependencies by removing the threat of the ships of the US fleet. It wasn't intended as an invasion because the Japanese Navy did not have enough troops to stage one and their army was fully occupied in China and Manchuria.
At the same time as the attack on Hawaii, the Japanese forces were also busy invading the Philippines, French Indo-China and Malaya, and eventually, the Dutch East Indies where there was enough oil to prolong their ability to continue the war.
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