The Japanese intended making war with the US since the US stopped trading with them ever since the outbreak of World War II. So on December 7,1941 the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor which aggravated the US and they declared war against the Axis the very next day. The war started on the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
The reason japan attacked the u.s at pearl harbor was because the Japanese saw the us as the only threat to its power in the pacific ocean
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The two countries both sought warm weather ports in the Pacific Ocean as well as control of Manchuria.
Yes, WW2 was fought in the pacific. Once Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, we entered a two front war, Europe and the Pacific.
Japan would be in control of all trade and navigation through out the Pacific Ocean. The Korean War and Vietnam War would never have been fought, because those countries would be part of the Japanese Empire.
The reason japan attacked the u.s at pearl harbor was because the Japanese saw the us as the only threat to its power in the pacific ocean
East Asia and the Pacific Ocean.
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Japan started the war with the USA, in the Pacific Ocean, by attacking Pearl Harbour.
East Asia and the Pacific Ocean.
Japan might rule the pacific ocean and parts of Asia. Germany might rule all of Europe...unless the Russians (Soviets) defeated them.
They fought an extremely bloody war (1941-1945) in the Pacific Ocean. This contributor is of the belief that if Hitler and Mussolini had never been born, the US and Japan would still have fought a war for supremacy in the Pacific.
America wanted Hawaii because of its location in the Pacific Ocean. During World War II, it was the perfect place to station warships on the way to Japan.
France, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Libya, Russia, Poland, Czechoslovakia, England, Pacific Ocean, Japan...
Two major sea powers faced each other - Japan and US.
WWII was fought all through Europe, Russia and in the islands of the Pacific Ocean,Phillipines,China, and Japan
In the Pacific War, Japan claimed that it was liberating the Asians from western colonialism.