Attacked us bc of us not trading oil with them
They had other options if they would withdrawl from french indo china and china
21 planes were shot down
The USS nevada got away but eventually japan damaged it
Not every thing was destroyed
3 aircraft carriers were out at sea and not damaged
They did not think that the japs were smart enough to pull off a attack on Pearl Harbor
Radio message of japan saying that they were goin gto attack but did not know where and when
December 7,1941
declared war the next day
Germany declared war on us 3 days later
In July 1941 Japan invaded French Indochina
In responses the US stops trading with Japan
Due to embargo Japan felt they had three option s
Abandon ambitions in South East Asia
Compromise with US
Attack Dutch and British possessions in the Pacific and US bases in the Pacific
Yamamoto fetlt that is Japan had any chance of winning the war against the US it must destroy the US pacific fleet in suprise attack
"the back door to war" conspiracy
we started to break their political code but not their military code
People thought that US stopepd trading with Japan so that they would attack us so that we could get in the war
Japan wanted to destroy
3 air craft carriers (good thing about pearl harbor they did not get them)
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