1answer.
Ask question
Login Signup
Ask question
All categories
  • English
  • Mathematics
  • Social Studies
  • Business
  • History
  • Health
  • Geography
  • Biology
  • Physics
  • Chemistry
  • Computers and Technology
  • Arts
  • World Languages
  • Spanish
  • French
  • German
  • Advanced Placement (AP)
  • SAT
  • Medicine
  • Law
  • Engineering
dusya [7]
2 years ago
15

What events led to the attack at Pearl Harbor?

History
1 answer:
-BARSIC- [3]2 years ago
5 0

Answer:

Before the Pearl Harbor attack, tensions between Japan and the United States had been mounting for the better part of a decade.

The island nation of Japan, isolated from the rest of the world for much of its history, embarked on a period of aggressive expansion near the turn of the 20th century. Two successful wars, against China in 1894-95 and the Russo-Japanese War in 1904-05, fueled these ambitions, as did Japan’s successful participation in World War I (1914-18) alongside the Allies.

During the Great Depression of the 1930s, Japan sought to solve its economic and demographic woes by forcing its way into China, starting in 1931 with an invasion of Manchuria. When a commission appointed by the League of Nations condemned the invasion, Japan withdrew from the international organization; it would occupy Manchuria until 1945.

In July 1937, a clash at Beijing’s Marco Polo Bridge began another Sino-Japanese war. That December, after Japanese forces captured Nanjing (Nanking), the capital of the Chinese Nationalist Party, or Guomindang (Kuomintang), they proceeded to carry out six weeks of mass killings and rapes now infamous as the Nanjing Massacre.

The U.S. Was Trying to Stop Japan’s Global Expansion

In light of such atrocities, the United States began passing economic sanctions against Japan, including trade embargoes on aircraft exports, oil and scrap metal, among other key goods, and gave economic support to Guomindang forces. In September 1940, Japan signed the Tripartite Pact with Germany and Italy, the two fascist regimes then at war with the Allies.

Tokyo and Washington negotiated for months leading up to the Pearl Harbor attack, without success. While the United States hoped embargoes on oil and other key goods would lead Japan would halt its expansionism, the sanctions and other penalties actually convinced Japan to stand its ground, and stirred up the anger of its people against continued Western interference in Asian affairs.

To Japan, war with the United States had become to seem inevitable, in order to defend its status as a major world power. Because the odds were stacked against them, their only chance was the element of surprise.

Proudly, the Japanese Army author ties sent out this bombing photograph as the Akiyama Squadron of Japanese planes, as they bombed an objective in China. The scene changed and afterwards, Japanese bombers flew over U.S. Islands in the Pacific and the bombs, such as these, left the planes aimed at the Pearl Harbor Naval base and other Strategic U.S. defense points in the Pacific.

Bettmann Archive/Getty Images

Destroying the Base at Pearl Harbor Would Mean Japan Controlled the Pacific

In May 1940, the United States had made Pearl Harbor the main base for its Pacific Fleet. 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.

Admiral Yamamoto Isoroku spent months planning an attack that aimed to destroy the Pacific Fleet and destroy morale in the U.S. Navy, so that it would not be able to fight back as Japanese forces began to advance on targets across the South Pacific.

Japan’s surprise attack on Pearl Harbor would drive the United States out of isolation and into World War II, a conflict that would end with Japan’s surrender after the devastating nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945.

At first, however, the Pearl Harbor attack looked like a success for Japan. Its bombers hit all eight U.S. battleships, sinking four and damaging four others, destroyed or damaged more than 300 aircraft and killed some 2,400 Americans at Pearl Harbor.

Japanese forces went on to capture a string of current and former Western colonial possessions by early 1942—including Burma (now Myanmar), British Malaya (Malaysia and Singapore), the Dutch East Indies (Indonesia) and the Philippines—giving them access to these islands’ plentiful natural resources, including oil and rubber.

But the Pearl Harbor attack had failed in its objective to completely destroy the Pacific Fleet. The Japanese bombers missed oil tanks, ammunition sites and repair facilities, and not a single U.S. aircraft carrier was present during the attack. In June 1942, this failure came to haunt the Japanese, as U.S. forces scored a major victory in the Battle of Midway, decisively turning the tide of war in the Pacific.

Explanation:

You might be interested in
How did Kublai Khan's empire differ from the Mongol Empire built by Genghis Khan? Khan's empire did not expand past ancient Chin
frez [133]

Answer:

Khan's empire did not unify the Chinese provinces.

Explanation:

Ghengis Khan was an Emperor who ruled over Mongolia, and he's the grandfather of Kublai Khan. However, during his reign, he conquered many areas in northern China olnly. This is in contrast to Kublai Khan, who was widely considered as the first Mongol to rule the whole of China when he overcame the remaining Song loyalists. This was accomplished around 1279.

Hence, the correct answer is Khan's (, Ghengis khan) empire did not unify the Chinese provinces.

5 0
3 years ago
The chart below shows the percentage of total government revenue from oil in Nigeria between 1967 and 1990.
katrin2010 [14]
According to the graph, we can say that <span>Nigeria was generating greater revenue from oil in 1990 compared to previous years. </span><span>If we look on the table, we can see how the oil industry has covered more of the economy, so if it went down, Nigeria would get in serious economical problems.</span>

3 0
3 years ago
Read 2 more answers
How many years did Louis the 14th spend on the thrown?<br><br> Help pls I’m doing a test
stira [4]

Answer:

72 years

The reign of France's Louis XIV (1638-1715), known as the Sun King, lasted for 72 years, longer than that of any other known European sovereign.

Explanation:

(Happy to Help!)

5 0
2 years ago
Read 2 more answers
15) The "Middle Passage" referred to
Inessa [10]

Answer:

the trade of African Americans by boat across the  Atlantic and West Indies

Explanation:

7 0
3 years ago
Can you please help me?
soldi70 [24.7K]

Answer:

d two statues of a king

Explanation:

5 0
3 years ago
Other questions:
  • What does tho map tell you about Muhammad's followers? Please help!
    11·1 answer
  • If i had to interview martin luther during the renaissance what questions would i ask him
    8·1 answer
  • Whitch definition best fits the jim crow laws
    11·1 answer
  • Which of the following groups did not invade the regions of western europe during the ninth and tenth centuries?
    10·2 answers
  • Identified the cultures that used kivas and ziggurat
    13·1 answer
  • Which of the following illustrates the concept of Satyagraha?
    7·2 answers
  • 101
    5·1 answer
  • What was the state of the French government during Napoleon's exile?
    5·1 answer
  • Can someone answer this question for me please 2-3 sentences please hurry
    8·1 answer
  • Explain the difference between an executive agreement and a treaty.​
    6·1 answer
Add answer
Login
Not registered? Fast signup
Signup
Login Signup
Ask question!