WORLD WAR II 1941 1945
THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Japan and America had just negotiated a peace treaty
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The American economy relied on Japanese imports
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Pearl Harbor had little strategic military value
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America and Japan were not at war with each other
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Detailed explanation-1: -As Americans didn’t expect the Japanese to attack first in Hawaii, some 4, 000 miles away from the Japanese mainland, the base at Pearl Harbor was left relatively undefended, making it an easy target.
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: -Pearl Harbor attack, (December 7, 1941), surprise aerial attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor on Oahu Island, Hawaii, by the Japanese that precipitated the entry of the United States into World War II. The strike climaxed a decade of worsening relations between the United States and Japan.
Detailed explanation-4: -On December 7, 1941, the Japanese military launched a surprise attack on the United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Since early 1941 the U.S. had been supplying Great Britain in its fight against the Nazis. It had also been pressuring Japan to halt its military expansion in Asia and the Pacific.
Detailed explanation-5: -To a certain extent, the conflict between the United States and Japan stemmed from their competing interests in Chinese markets and Asian natural resources. While the United States and Japan jockeyed peaceably for influence in eastern Asia for many years, the situation changed in 1931.