WORLD WAR II 1941 1945
THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR
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U.S was hoping to stay out of war while Japan wanted to cripple the U.S Pacific Fleet
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Japan was too lazy to make a declaration that war was gonna start
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The U.S and Japan were at peace with one another
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False statements and expressions were exposed
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Detailed explanation-1: -Why was there no declaration of war before the attack? The United States didn’t declare war because they were still hoping to be able to stay out of the war. Japan didn’t declare war because their strategy was to cripple the US Pacific Fleet, and they figured that would be easier to do if the US wasn’t expecting it. 6.
Detailed explanation-2: -After decades of obfuscation, Japan stated today for the first time that bungling within the Foreign Ministry 53 years ago was responsible for Japan’s failure to declare war on the United States before launching its attack on Pearl Harbor.
Detailed explanation-3: -On this date, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, addressing the nation in a Joint Session in the House Chamber, asked Congress to declare war against Japan in response to the surprise attack against American naval facilities in and around Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, a day earlier.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.