Why did Japan attack Pearl Harbor?

Answer 1

Japanese expansionism in the Pacific and Asia. The economic sanctions and embargo's placed on Japan by the U.S. and others threatened to dry up oil and other raw materials needed to power the Japanese Military machine. The movement of the U.S. Fleet to Pearl Harbor from San Diego California was viewed as a threat by the Japanese Government.

The attack on Pearl Harbor was an effort by the Japanese Govt. to deal a decisive blow to the U.S. in order that the Japanese could invade Southern Pacific Islands and Australia, to capture and have access to the raw materials they needed to continue to power their war efforts. With our fleet destroyed in that region it would have cleared the way for them to do the invading unhampered.

However Admiral Yamamoto who was in command of the Japanese navy stated during the attack that he felt that all they had done was "awaken a sleeping giant". He had also thought before the attack that all Japan's Navy could do was create havoc for the U.S. navy for a couple of years at best. He was right.

That is why the Japanese chose to attack Pearl Harbor as their striking point. It was an attempt to "go for the throat" so to speak. One problem though....... The main targets of the Japanese Navy, the U.S. aircraft carriers, were not in the Harbor at the time of the attack. So the attack was called off and not followed through on by the Japanese command for fear of running into the U.S. Aircraft Carriers.

Answer 2

Because Japan had attacked and colonized parts of China, Korea, and South East Asia, which were allies of the US. The US wanted Japan to pull out of China and SE Asia. However, Japan wanted the raw materials in these regions. The Japanese millitary leaders didn't want to relinquish their source of natural resources, and they thought that war was unavoidable - so they decided to strike first at America and attack Pearl Harbor.

Answer 3

The purpose of Japan's attack was strategical. With Germany rapidly expanding her borders in Europe, it was just a matter of time before the US entered the war. Japan attacked Pearl Harbor to incapacitate our fleets in the Pacific; they also wanted to redirect our attention from Europe so that Hitler could pursue his European conquest unhindered by the US.

Answer 4

eastern attacked pearl harbor because of the fact of reasons consisting of oil embargo imposed by US because of the fact Japan occupy China yet unknown to each individual until now the attack by Japan Imperial military to Pearl harbor the Civilian chief human beings and few chosen Naval Commander or Mil Ldr have a pre-hand until now the attack that s why their plane provider weren't around in the process the attacked. the U. S. is familiar with ahead approximately time and while and strenght of JIN because of the fact they have already deciphered or decoded the radio or the U. S. have get entry to to their JIN verbal substitute between their civilian leaders and protection stress ldrs. the U. S. has an amazing sign intelligence and human intelligence even while US at conflict with China, China would be defeated cuase their verbal substitute became into already debugged by US long term in the past. Now you could no longer do this if no longer of the elite human beings or conglomerate businessman who has skill even the management of China and mil ldrs are below of their sphere of impact alongside with the U. S.. My end consequently is employer if China does no longer behaved they're doomed for destruction.

Answer 5

The intention was to destroy the US fleet while it lay at anchor.

Japan had been pursuing an expansionist policy for some time and wanted to ensure that its fleet would be the dominant force in the Pacific by disabling the American fleet.

Luckily, three US aircraft carriers were not in harbour at the time of the raid and these formed the basis of the US Pacific Fleet for the rest of the war.

Answer 6

wanted to show their power over the US and the rest of the world. WWII was going on at the time and Japan was taking over Asia and small islands in the Pacific, and Pearl Harbor was one of the many

Answer 7

The US, although not in the war, was producing weapons and supplies for the allied troops of Europe. The Japanese felt it was only a matter of time before we completely entered the war anyway, so they launched a pre-emptive strike against the Pacific base.

Answer 8

The US and Britain in 1854 basically invaded Japan to increase trade. They forced Japan to terms for access.
The plan was in the works from then on. Matthew C. Perry did the wet work.

Answer 9

to knock out the US pacific fleet, the main threat to their colonization and dreams of an empire to sustaint their land locked, ore depleted society....true story.

Answer 10

They misunderstood our desire to fight, felt if they could cripple the fleet we would surrented adn the ploy worked for them before when they went up against Russia in 1904