AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR I
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Japan wanted to prevent American resistance to Japanese expansion by destroying America’s Pacific naval and air presence.
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Japan wanted distract the U.S. with Pearl Harbor while Germany coordinated a larger attack in Britain.
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Japan wanted to annex Hawaii.
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Japan wanted to draw all U.S. military attention to the Pacific so that Germany could attack from the Atlantic front.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Japanese strategy was to destroy the invader’s landing vessels before they hit the beaches. For this purpose, Japan had reserved about 5, 000 conventional aircraft and a variety of suicide vehicles, including about 5, 500 kamikaze planes, 1, 300 suicide submarines, and several hundred piloted bombs.
Detailed explanation-2: -Most thought Japan would seize oil rich British and Dutch colonies in Southeast Asia. American forces in the Philippines could threaten such a Japanese advance-so Washington saw potential conflict there. The prospect of an assault on Hawaii, mounted across 3400 miles of ocean, seemed remote.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Japanese would use the terrain to slow the American advance, and the Japanese would attempt to bleed the Allied Naval forces. The American forces would conduct a massive artillery barrage followed by a sweeping maneuver to take the island. The Navy would defend the sky and support the American advance.