Some folks don’t really want to know what was going on behind closed doors. Democratic doors IIRC.
They wanted to build a defensive shield against the U.S. and thought it was necessary to cripple America’s Navy to do so.
Given a year and they would have probably done so but we recovered much sooner than they thought we would.
Because of the white racist patriarchy of the United States?
This minimizes (which I guess is inevitable in a short synopsis) the terror bombing of Chinese cities.
When apologists for the Japanese whine about Hiroshima and Nagasaki they tend to minimize the years spent bombing Chinese cities to force the Chinese to surrender through killing their populace even though as many factories as possible had been relocated to concealed rural areas.
Because after a decade of doing nothing about Japanese aggression in Manchuria and China, FDR didn't care about Asia.
Only after Germany attacked Russia did FDR move quickly to secure Stalin's flank by cutting off Japan's oil supply thereby forcing the Japanese to secure alternate supply from SE Asia.
The Japanese attack at Pearl was intended to prevent a significant American response for about a year.
Like anything there is no one reason. A lot of things played into Pearl Harbor. Without Pearl Harbor (that one single happenstance changed the world) history would have gone a completely different direction.
Because “there’s a gun behind every blade of grass”?
1. The aircraft carriers were not in Pearl Harbor. After Billy Mitchell we learned the weakness of battleships and the value of aircraft carriers.
2. The Japanese Embassy was burning papers for a week before the attack.
Interesting that it was a mere 6 months between Pearl Harbor and Midway
When Japanese bombers appeared in the skies over Pearl Harbor on the morning of December 7, 1941...
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Minor point—It was actually the morning of December 8th (in Japan) and still December 7th in the United States.
There is an amazing movie from 2011 called The Admiral. It is a Japanese movie and tells the story from the Japanese perspective. The main character is, of course, Admiral Yamamoto. He was very much opposed to war with America for years but was overruled several times. It’s definitely worth a watch if you can find it.
Senator Bluto told us the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor.
Eh... Japan did not exactly attack Pearl Harbor, which is just a place. japan attacked the US at The Naval bass at Pearl Harbor- geographic would be the reason.
The question is why did Japan attack the US. However revisionists do pretend.
The attack may very well have been allowed to happen by FDR to get us into the war, as he desperately wanted.
If the Japanese and German coded messages were being read as the code was cracked, and we left ourselves wide open, then FDR’s name should go down in infamy.
One historical account says that communications between Japanese military leaders showed they were planning to conquer the United States for at least 20 years before Pearl Harbor. Their lead strategist, however, was killed in one of the early battles. Also, their communications showed they were afraid Americans were far too well armed for a successful land invasion. God intervened in their plans, blessed be the LORD!
dramatically altered the course of World War II, especially in the Pacific theater.
DU!..There was no Pacific theater till Pearl Harbor..its what started the Pacific theater of the war
You wouldn’t say Germany invading Poland on Sept 1 1939 dramatically altered the course of World War II, especially in the European theater would you?
It wasn’t only Japanese global expansionism. The Japanese were committing the most hideous war crimes imaginable in China. Stuff that would almost make the Nasi’s say OMG.
Because they wanted pearls.
Fake news!
The Germans Bombed Pearl Harbor... ;-)
In 1929 the British Columbia government proposed a highway to Alaska to encourage economic development and tourism. American President Herbert Hoover appointed a board with American and three Canadian members to evaluate the idea. Its 1931 report supported the idea for economic reasons, but both American and Canadian members recognized that a highway would benefit the American military in Alaska. In 1933, the joint commission proposed the U.S. government contribute $2 million of the capital cost, with the $12 million balance borne by the Canadian and BC governments.[5] The Great Depression and the Canadian government’s lack of support caused the project to not proceed.
When the United States approached Canada again in February 1936, the Canadian government refused to commit to spending money on a road connecting the United States. The Canadians also worried about the military implications, fearing that in a war between Japan and North America, the United States would use the road to prevent Canadian neutrality. During a June 1936 visit to Canada, President Franklin D. Roosevelt told Prime Minister W. L. M. King that a highway to Alaska through Canada could be important in quickly reinforcing the American territory during a foreign crisis. Roosevelt became the first American to publicly discuss the military benefits of a highway in an August speech in Chautauqua, New York. He again mentioned the idea during King’s visit to Washington in March 1937, suggesting that a $30 million highway would be helpful as part of a larger defense against Japan that included, the Americans hoped, a larger Canadian military presence on the Pacific coast. Roosevelt remained a supporter of the highway, telling Cordell Hull in August 1937 that he wanted a road built as soon as possible.[6] By 1938, Duff Pattullo, the BC premier, favored a route through Prince George. The U.S. offered either a $15 million interest-free loan, or to cover half the construction costs.[5]