WORLD WAR II 1941 1945
THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR
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Question
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Destroy the US navy in Pearl Harbour
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Destroy the US aircraft in Pearl Harbour
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Destroy the US fleet to prevent US interference in Japan’s Southeast Asia conquest
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Destroy the US fleet to prevent the US entering WWII
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Japanese intended the attack as a preventive action to keep the United States Pacific Fleet from interfering with its planned military actions in Southeast Asia against overseas territories of the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and the United States.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Japanese, meanwhile, sought to complete what they began at Pearl Harbor. They aimed to destroy the US carrier fleet in a victory so decisive that the United States would negotiate for peace. With its battleship fleet crippled in Hawaii, the US Navy turned to two surviving assets.
Detailed explanation-3: -In essence, Japan invaded Southeast Asia to secure strategic commodities (oil, bauxite, tin, rubber, etc.) needed to sustain the war against China that had been ebbing and flowing since mid-1937. The conquest was swift and probably cost less than 10, 000 Japanese lives.