WORLD WAR II 1941 1945
THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR
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Question
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Most Americans wanted another world war to stop Germany and Japan
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Moving the Pacific fleet to Hawaii was an aggressive move intended to provoke Japan into war.
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Japanese aggressions in the Pacific made the president move the Pacific fleet closer to U.S. territories in Hawaii and Asia so the fleet could better protect them.
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He wanted the Pacific fleet to spy on Japan
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Detailed explanation-1: -During the late 1930s, FDR began providing limited support to the Chinese government. In 1940, he moved the Pacific fleet from the mainland to the naval base at Pearl Harbor as a show of American power. He also attempted to address growing tensions with Japan through diplomacy.
Detailed explanation-2: -In May 1940, President Roosevelt moved the main base of the U.S. Pacific fleet from California to Hawaii. He wanted the Pacific fleet to be closer so that it could better protect those territories.
Detailed explanation-3: -However, striking south into British Malaya and the Dutch East Indies would almost certainly provoke an armed U.S response. To blunt that response, Japan decided to attack the U.S Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor, hoping that the U.S would negotiate peace.