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They found it easier to get to pearl harbor because southern Japan is close to the sea leading them to pearl horbor.

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How did the use of propaganda influence the US to join war?

Pick a war.... WWII we joined because of pearl harbor


Why was the US caught off guard at Pearl Harbor?

Because we had absolutely no reason to expect it. Michael Montagne You might want to read up a little on the history or Pearl Harbor. There was every reason to expect an attack was coming. The night before when "magic" intercepted a 14 point message to their diplomat Roosevelt declared "this means war". He predicted we would be at war before the next monday. Also before this, magic had intercepted and decoded many messages hinting at an attack at pear harbor. Look up the "bomb plot" information where spies were asked to divide the harbor into sections, label all ships when they were in port, when they berthed next to one another etc. There are many, many examples of hints of war. All you have to do is look it up.


Who won the fight at pearl harbor?

AnswerPeal Harbor was not a battle but an attack. The Japanese claim they tried to send the message but the translators could not decode it and send it to America on time. They told us 3 hours too late. So you can say they won the battle but we won the war. It was not easy but we did it and made it look easy. AnswerThere was not a very big battle, but if you were to choose a winner, it would be the Japanese pilots, although the American solders did fight honorably. Pearl HarborThe event at Pearl Harbor is not considered a battle. It was an unexpected massacre. An unfortunate event proposed by enemy forces. A despicable act of severe proportion but, still not a battle. In addition, the retaliation of the US armed forces (nuclear weaponry of WWII) was not a battle either. Hypothetically, it could be a battle; simply because it was a mass death from an unnatural cause. Most other related situations of that extent are battles. Similar to the morning of Sept.11th you wouldn't consider that a battle, would you? In the same, December 7th was an attack that don't have an opportunity to fight back immediately. In that case, it's not a battle. No one literally won at Pearl Harbor. But in both cases (Dec. 7 and Sept. 11), the US had not struck back at that exact point in time However, give the US a quick moment, and we have always fought back. We won WWII and we have the upper hand of this war as well!Pearl HarborPearl Harbor wasn't really a "battle," per See Rather, it was a sneak attack which resulted in the deaths of over 3000 Americans and a very few Japanese. To the extent that the attack provided the impetus for America to formally declare war on Japan (and the axis powers), the attack on Pearl Harbor might be characterized as having ultimately led to the defeat of Japan, but the attack itself was generally viewed as a success. The one major failure of the attack was the inability of the Japanese planes to find and destroy the fuel reserves of the Pacific Fleet. This "oversight" allowed America to quickly rebuild the fleet and prosecute the war in the Pacific. AnswerTechnically nobody "won", as it was not a war, it was an attack. But I think I understand what you are asking, and in that case, Japan won. AnswerNo one really won, but if you look at it very closely the Japanese won. The reason why I a saying this is because all of the damage was done on the Pearl Harbor. there was no damage over there in Japan. AnswerNobody really won the battle at Pearl Harbor, but if you really have to pick a "winner" there, it would probably be the Japanese. They destroyed many ships and killed over a thousand military personal along with some 64 civilians. AnswerIt was war. There is never a winner. Some country just loses less! AnswerThe Japanese won. Their aircraft bombed, torpedoed and shot up ships and other military targets. And the did so when the military stationed there least expected it. AnswerThere was no winner. it was the Japanese surprise attack trying to destory our aircraft carriers, so technically no one succeeded because the Japanese failed to destroy our aircraft cariiers AnswerThere really were no winners. The U.S. aircraft carriers were out to sea. Although damage was done, it didn't put the U.S. out of action. And as a Japanese Commander later said, "We have woken a sleeping Dragon." That they did because the U.S. forces beat their way across the Pacific and dropped the bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki ending the conflict.America, that is when the poem "The Star Spangled Banner" was written No. My history teacher told me it was the Japanese that won.


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The US was the strongest sea power in the Pacific, and had begun to restrict Japan's access to resources that they needed to continue their conquest of the Western Pacific and East Asia (their empire or "co-prosperity sphere"). Before Japan could attack the US territory of the Philippines, and areas protected by the British, they had to reduce American sea power. They hoped to sink US battleships and aircraft carriers at Pearl Harbor, and then take Midway. For various reasons, this did not succeed, and the attack drew the US directly into war with Japan and Germany, leading to the defeat of both.


Why was the US caught off guard at Pearl Harbor?

Because we had absolutely no reason to expect it. Michael Montagne You might want to read up a little on the history or Pearl Harbor. There was every reason to expect an attack was coming. The night before when "magic" intercepted a 14 point message to their diplomat Roosevelt declared "this means war". He predicted we would be at war before the next monday. Also before this, magic had intercepted and decoded many messages hinting at an attack at pear harbor. Look up the "bomb plot" information where spies were asked to divide the harbor into sections, label all ships when they were in port, when they berthed next to one another etc. There are many, many examples of hints of war. All you have to do is look it up.


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