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The military of Japan truly believed that they could control the Pacific and they were trying to do battle while the Allies were distracted with the war in Europe. The military of Japan wanted to expand the Japanese influence and secure more resources and territory. Japan attacked Pearl Harbor hoping to keep the US out of the war thinking that by the time the Pacific Fleet was rebuilt they would have control of all of Asia and we would not have dared to challenge them.

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