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Part of the Japanese plan was to damage or sink America's Pacific aircraft carrier fleet, but all those ships were away from the harbor during the attack. Had the carriers been destroyed, the U.S. would have been next to powerless in the Pacific.

Another reason, the US cut oil imports to Japan to save up for the European war effort.

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