Japan nearly crippled the U.S. Pacific fleet by destroying all of the battleships --- well, not all of them. Their main targets were the battleships. They sunk other ships at Pearl Harbor if they could, but eliminating the battleships was the top priority in weakening America's naval power in Asia and the Pacific.
The aim of the Pearl Harbor attack was to cripple the US Pacific Fleet so that the US would not have any opportunity to wage war against Japan. The US would then realise it could not defeat Japan and make peace without the need to fight a war. This strategy failed because the attack enraged the US, ensuring that it would fight Japan, and because it failed to completely cripple the US Pacific Fleet (in particular, none of the aircraft carriers were damaged, and all of them would be used against Japan).
The Japanese wanted to cripple or destroy the American Pacific fleet. Their primary target was supposed to be aircraft carriers, but they were all out to sea during the attack.
Japan wanted to expand throughout the Pacific and felt that byattacking the American fleet stationed at Pearl Harbor they would effectively cripple the United States' ability to respond and defend their Pacific territories.
Pearl harbor was home to the U.S. Pacific fleet. It was the only fleet powerful enough to interfere with Japan's offensive into SouthEast Asia and the Pacific. They needed to damage/destroy it to such an extent that they would be able to safely take all of their objectives before the U.S. had recovered.
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, not Mamet, was the architect behind the decision to bomb Pearl Harbor. His evaluation focused on a surprise attack to cripple the U.S. Pacific Fleet, enabling Japan to expand its influence in the Pacific without immediate American interference. Yamamoto weighed the risks of a counterattack against the potential gains of disabling American naval power. Ultimately, he believed that a decisive blow could secure Japan's strategic objectives in the region.
Cripple the Pacific Fleet for years
The aim of the Pearl Harbor attack was to cripple the US Pacific Fleet so that the US would not have any opportunity to wage war against Japan. The US would then realise it could not defeat Japan and make peace without the need to fight a war. This strategy failed because the attack enraged the US, ensuring that it would fight Japan, and because it failed to completely cripple the US Pacific Fleet (in particular, none of the aircraft carriers were damaged, and all of them would be used against Japan).
The Japanese wanted to cripple or destroy the American Pacific fleet. Their primary target was supposed to be aircraft carriers, but they were all out to sea during the attack.
The aim of the Pearl Harbor attack was to cripple the US Pacific Fleet so that the US would not have any opportunity to wage war against Japan. The US would then realise it could not defeat Japan and make peace without the need to fight a war. This strategy failed because the attack enraged the US, ensuring that it would fight Japan, and because it failed to completely cripple the US Pacific Fleet (in particular, none of the aircraft carriers were damaged, and all of them would be used against Japan).
The U.S. Pacific Fleet
Japan attacked performed a suprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The harbor was a United States naval base which held the majority of America's Pacific Fleet. Japan and Admiral Yamamoto knew this would cripple America's ability to wage war on Japan--temporarily as history would show.
To cripple the United States so a small country like Japan could actually have a chance to conquer the US.
Japan, and early on to some degree, the British.
Isoroku Yamamoto was the Japanese Admiral who argued that the United States Pacific fleet was a threat to Japan. He served in the Imperial Japanese Navy from 1901 to 1943.
When: Just before 8:00 AM on December 7th, 1941 Why: To "remove" the US Pacific Fleet as a factor in the war that Japan was going o wage When: Just before 8:00 AM on December 7th, 1941 Why: To "remove" the US Pacific Fleet as a factor in the war that Japan was going to wage
It invaded China and it attacked the US Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor,
The attack on Pearl Harbor was intended as a preventive action in order to keep the U.S. Pacific Fleet from interfering with military actions the Empire of Japan was planning in Southeast Asia against overseas territories of the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and the United States.