Pearl Harbor

Because he was African-American or "Negro". Negro sailors, soldiers and airmen were not placed in official combat positions in the US Military (until later in the war) because of the official policy of segregation in place at the time. President Truman ended this policy after the Second World War.

The short answer is because it was where most of the US pacific fleet was. By attacking it and crippling it, the Japanese military would be able to conquer other countries in Asia before the US could get involved.

The longer answer- Japan is a relatively small island group with little natural resources of its own. It had always had a fairly militaristic society centered around clan warfare and samurai and all that. Starting around the 1860's, Japan ended their samurai era and began quickly modernizing, with help from western countries like England, France and the USA (who hoped to exploit the weaker country for their own gain, as those countries were doing in China and India at the time). By 1910, Japan was more or less fully "modern", and had even fought and defeated major countries like Russia and China. They supported the Allies during World War I, and helped occupy German colonies in the Pacific.

But to continune modernizing, they needed resources like oil, rubber, and metal, which, as already stated, they had in short supply. Japan came to be controlled more and more by a group of extreme right-wing militarists who wanted their country to continue to grow in size and strength-- meaning they needed to conquer. So they started conquering during the late 1800's and their successes led to desire for more. They conquered Taiwan and Korea, and eventually began conquering large parts of China, especially Manchuria, where they set up a "puppet government" that they controlled.

In the 1930's, Japan became embroiled in a war with China that eventually merged into World War II. The US sided with China, and began openly and secretly supporting the Chinese, and started cutting off trade with Japan. This increased tensions between the US and Japan. After Germany conquered France in 1940, Japan began taking control of territory in southern Asia that France had ruled, and forged an alliance with Germany and Italy- Japan's leaders knew that they would eventually have to fight the USA. After Japan took full control of French Indochina (modern Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos), the US eventually took the dramatic step of cutting off oil sales to Japan. Meaning Japan would be forced to conquer areas where there was oil, like modern Indonesia.

So in 1941 they decided they would end negotiations with the USA and start the war. They were not going to waste the opportunity to knock the American navy out of the war before it truly began. So they intended to break ties with the US, issue a declaration of war, and attack Pearl Harbor before the Navy could move, all in rapid succession. However, in one of history's great quirks, the declaration of war was delayed and given to the US late, meaning Japan had attacked at Pearl Harbor before telling the US they were at war- which the US saw as a treacherous sneak attack (however, there are theories that say that the US knew the attack was coming but let it happen so they had a reason to join the war).

Before Pearl Harbor, the US and Britain had the largest navies in the world; Japan's was next in line. As an island nation, Japan naturally needed to be able to operate their navy without interference from Allied navies if they wanted to continue conquering territory- airplanes weren't yet able to easily move around all the materiel needed to fight a major war. So by attackign the US Navy, Japan tried to eliminate that threat to their own navy, and hoped to deal a decisive blow that would cripple American morale, possibly even forcing the US to avoid joining the war. Instead it had the opposite effect.

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Pearl Harbor was the first punch of the fight. The A-Bombs were the last punches of the fight. Pearl Harbor started it. The A-Bombs finished it. Note-Prior to Nuclear Weapons: Man has always fought wars all out. No limitations; Fight to win. Chemicals, Fire, Biological (Germ Warfare), Machinguns, Tanks, Battleships, Submarines, Airplanes, Hand Grenades, Giant Cannons, ANYTHING! JUST WIN!!! Just "Win" was when the Atomic Bombs were invented, in 1945. The "Atomic Age" CHANGED EVERYTHING. Now if Man fights to win, and the other country also has Atomic Weapons, then the war will result in "Mutual Destruction!" There will be NO WINNER. The ATOMIC AGE began in 1945; and resulted in the COLD WAR. The Cold War was a NON-Shooting war; in which both Nuclear Armed Countries said to each other, "I won't push our button, if you don't push your button" (For firing nuclear missiles at each other). The Cold War was a "Stand Off." The men that fought in WWII never heard of such a thing as the Cold War, or Nuclear Weapons, or Atomic Bombs...they were used to fighting to win. So they used a weapon that they NEVER HEARD OF BEFORE, the atomic bomb. After they used it, few of them ever wanted to see that weapon ever used again.

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It was not morally justified for Japan to attack Pearl Harbor. Elements of the Japanese Imperial High Command believed that conflict with the United States was inevitable and that a "first strike" would knock the Americans out of the war. The Japanese had hoped to catch the three American carriers at anchor in Pearl Harbor, but failed.

While the Japanese seriously damaged the American fleet, it failed to land a lethal blow. The American carrier-fleet helped to stop the Japs at Coral Sea and then at Midway a few months later. The Battle of Midway began the reversal of Japan's fortune in the Pacific.

Yes; date not known, but Taluga was consolidating with Navasota on Yankee Station, prior to returning to Subic Bay. Navasota to port, Noa to starboard when Navasota experienced an engineering casualty in their after-steering. Navasota first collided with Taluga where AVGAS Rig (almost always transferring during consols) was located. Noa, ignoring emergency breakaway protocol, went all ahead flank with all lines and hoses still connected; was subsequently pulled into Taluga and ripped about a quarter million in ECM gear off. Hoses and wires on both sides naturally ripped apart on all rigs except Rig 4. Thanks to a few heroes whose professionalism exceeded anybodys expectations Taluga, Navasota and Noa were back on station and completing their consol/replenishment in just under an hour.

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Republicans like to claim he did, then and now. It was only by pointing out the secrets that would be revealed, such as that the US had the ability to decode parts of some Japanese codes, and thus could read parts of some intercepted Japanese radio messages, that the Republicans were dissuaded from making a huge spectacle of Senate and Congressional hearings during the middle of the biggest war the US has ever fought, in an effort to smear Roosevelt. They did hold the hearings just as soon as the war ended, and likely did extensive damage to US national security in the process, forcing the public revelation of US cryptanalytic capabilities. But what's that, when weighed in the balance against partisan political gain for the GOP?

The gist of the Republican theory goes like this. The Japanese invaded China. Instead of minding his own business Roosevelt protested this vicious and ongoing slaughter of an inoffensive people, who had done nothing to Japan. Japan became allied with Germany and Italy in the Axis, and when Germany overran France and installed a puppet regime, that French puppet regime - a tool of the Germans - "invited" Japan to occupy French Indochina (Vietnam), for "protective purposes", of course. Again, instead of minding his own business that man in the White House embargoed oil sales to Japan. (Roosevelt never intended that this embargo be absolute and final - he hoped to extract concessions and cooperation from the Japanese for each sale of oil thereafter, but perhaps never made this clear either to the Japanese or the Republicans).

Japan has no source of oil of its own, and was dependent on oil purchased from the US to run its tanks over innocent civilians, fuel its ships and planes. This situation was intolerable to the militarist warlords who were running Japan. Japan had only an 18 month supply of oil on hand, and thus, thinking they were completely cut off from their supply, they either had to knuckle under to US pressure and give up on the cherished dream of the "Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere" (with Japan as First Among Equals), or find another source of oil. There was plenty of oil in the Dutch East Indies (Malaysia today). Japan decided to seize this source of oil, and continue to follow her dream of conquest through aggression. At the midpoint between Japan and the Dutch East Indies are the Philippines - grabbed by the US in 1898, when the Imperialist Republicans were running the country. The Japanese were worried about attacks on their lines of communication between Japan and the Dutch East Indies from American forces in the Philippines, and, not realizing that unlike themselves an American president (in those days, at least) could not take his country to war whenever he wanted to, and not understanding that the people of the US were unwilling to support a war with Japan no matter how many of whoever's colonies Japan invaded, Japan decided to neutralize the potential threat from the Philippines by invading the Philippines. And having decided to do that, the Japanese decided, in for a penny, in for a pound, to simultaneously attack the Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor, to do as much damage as possible, to ensure that the US would not be able to interfere with the next phase of Japanese conquests.

So, the Republican theory is that the demon Roosevelt was able to correctly divine all these consequences flowing from his decision to get in the way of good Republican business selling oil to the Japanese warlords, with his embargo, and because he was a blood lust crazed arch fiend who wanted to drag an unwilling nation to war, he let events unfold as his evil genius had predicted.

At the same time during the pearl harbor attack, there was a nuclear radiation, a tsunami and an earthquake. Also that albert einstien invented an atomic bomb. the russains bombed it to japan and it killed hundreds of people in japan. A japanese guy (i do not know this guy's name) who survived 2 nuclear attacks in japan.

General Bradley died at the age of 88. The cause of death is not cited on his wikipaedia page. Shall we call it old age.....

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Japanese fleet oiler Hario was created on 1944-12-01.

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There is evidence to show that the Flavain Amphitheatre had the capability to be flooded, and hold naval battles.

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All Battleships in the US Navy were given the names of States. Cruisers were named after Cities.