The first wave of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor began at 7:48 A.M. local time on December 7, 1941. The second wave ended approximately 90 minutes
later around 8:30-8:40.
The United States. They knew. They did not know how soon it would happen
Japan thought the U.S.A was trying to stop their expansion.
The Japanese continued their advances west towards India and south towards Australia.
The attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7th 1941 was a surprise military strike by the Japanese (Operation Z). It was a preemptive strike to stop the US entering Japanese waters.
Pearl Harbor came as a surprise to the U.S., so Roosevelt was able to do nothing about it.
Pearl harbor ended on the same day, December 7th, 1945 at around 9:30 am. Yamamoto, the admiral in control of the Japanese fleet decided against a third wave because they had already lost the element of surprise.
The United States. They knew. They did not know how soon it would happen
Pearl Harbor was attacked by the Japanese which initiated US involvement in World War 2. Hiroshima was the first nuclear bombing of a Japanese city by the US in an effort to stop the war. 2,403 Americans died at Pearl but nearly 75,000 wee killed at Hiroshima.
Japanese aggression in China.
Japan thought the U.S.A was trying to stop their expansion.
the Japanese invasion of China was the main reason. the united states warned the Japanese to stop there china campaign and leave china or the will stop suppling them with oil. they used there remaining oil to attack pearl harbor and start their pacific campaign.
The Japanese continued their advances west towards India and south towards Australia.
The attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7th 1941 was a surprise military strike by the Japanese (Operation Z). It was a preemptive strike to stop the US entering Japanese waters.
Pearl Harbor came as a surprise to the U.S., so Roosevelt was able to do nothing about it.
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Japan bombed Pearl Harbor to prevent the US from interfering as it widened its activities in the western Pacific and invaded the Philippines and several European colonies to get access to oil and other raw materials. The attack on Pearl Harbor had nothing to do with Germany as far as either the Japanese or the Americans were concerned.
The attack on Pearl Harbor was an effort by the Japanese to stop or limit the US Navy. If they had attacked when our aircraft carriers were in port we would have had a much harder time recovering and helping the allied forces.