Americans believed Japan would not attack on American soil because they thought Japan would not risk provoking the United States into entering World War II. Additionally, there was a belief that Japan's military capabilities were not strong enough to launch a successful attack on American territory.
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The planes used to attack Tokyo and their military factories were the B12 bombers
The bombing of Pearl Harbor. In Oahu, Hawaii.
i heard it was mexicans crossing into our territory when we had our owwn boundaries. It is a little more complicated than that. America claimed the territory and so did Mexico. It was disputed. America sent troops to patrol the area, and so did Mexico. When the Mexican troops entered the disputed territory, America used it as a pretext to attack.
World war 2
in which war did american experience a direct military attack upon its own territory?
The United States entered World War II the day after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, which was a U.S. territory at the time.
The United States entered World War II the day after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, which was a U.S. territory at the time.
It was an American attack on a confederate military base.
Americans believed Japan would not attack on American soil because they thought Japan would not risk provoking the United States into entering World War II. Additionally, there was a belief that Japan's military capabilities were not strong enough to launch a successful attack on American territory.
ww2
No
Immediately after the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, Japan launched an assault on the U.S. territory of the Philippines. The Japanese aimed to quickly incapacitate American military presence in the Pacific, and the Philippines were strategically important due to their location. The attack on the Philippines marked the beginning of a brutal campaign that would lead to the fall of Manila and significant loss of life.
1. That the attack was not on United States soil, because Hawaii was just a territory back then.2. That it was a military attack on military targets.3. That it was the event that triggered the United States' entry into the "Pacific Theater" of the Second World War. This is the name for the war between Japan and the US in the Pacific.
War of 1812, by Britain; and WW2, by Japan.
You have it backwards. The Naval air arm of the Imperial Japenese Navy attacked the U.S. military in the Hawaii Islands (An American Territory). This attack was followed by attacks on Wake Island, Guam, and the Philippine Islands.