There was no unified command and defenses were not put into place. The Japanese were able to approach Pearl Harbor without warning and without being detected.
The final solution was carried out through, well, the holocaust. You have the answer, but I would say the final solution was carried out through the mass killings of approximately 6 million Jews (and other minorities) in order to reserve the so called “pure blooded Aryan race”
That is because they think that should not be there
They needed 9 out of the 13 states.