WORLD WAR II 1941 1945
THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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They wanted to claim Hawaii.
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They didn’t like FDR.
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The US helped China defend itself.
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Japan knew only the US Navy was strong enough to stop them.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Japan intended the attack as a preventive action. Its aim was to prevent 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 those of the United States.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Roots of the Conflict Japan’s process of imperial expansion, however, put it on a collision course with the United States, particularly in relation to China. To a certain extent, the conflict between the United States and Japan stemmed from their competing interests in Chinese markets and Asian natural resources.
Detailed explanation-3: -While there is no single correct or simple reason for the attack, this lesson should help students realize that Japan’s motivation for attacking Pearl Harbor was driven by its political self-interests, its scarcity of economic resources and perceived opportunity costs, and America’s embargo policy.
Detailed explanation-4: -U.S. Gains Advantage Thanks to Navy Codebreakers With Japan’s fleet so widely dispersed, Yamamoto had to transmit all strategy over the radio, enabling Navy cryptanalysts based in Hawaii to figure out when Japan planned to attack (June 4 or 5) and the planned order of battle of the Imperial Japanese Navy.