Pearl Harbor

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Pearl Harbor
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Why Did Japan Attack?

• Japan invades China.
• U.S. places an embargo on Japan, preventing the
  sale of goods to them.
• Japan is not big enough to produce all of its own
  resources.
• Japan needs to find other ways to get resources.

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• Japan wanted to invade more countries to get
  resources (like the Philippines).
• Japan knows that if it attacks these, the U.S.
  will get involved.
• Japan decided that the best way to get the
  resources was to neutralize the U.S. by bombing
  Pearl Harbor.

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Why Was the U.S. Unprepared?

• ArroganceU.S. did not believe that anyone could
  successfully attack them, especially a
  non-white country.
• Lack of Communicationpeople not sharing info
  with one another, warnings of war were ignored,
  and communication from Japan was not interpreted
  correctly.
• Didnt think Japan would attack before declaring
  wareven though historically this was how Japan
  operated.

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Why the Attack Worked

• In Hawaii, military was more worried about
  sabotage by local Japanese and Japanese-Americans
  than an attack by Japan.
• Therefore, the military
• Had weaponry locked up one person had key.
• Planes were bunched together on the ground for
  protection. This meant they were also easy
  targets.

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Result

• Japan hoped to
• Destroy U.S. morale.
• Destroy naval fleet and cripple U.S. attack
  forces.

• But they actually
• Strengthened morale and unified the U.S. people
  behind war.
• Gave the U.S. reason to rebuild the fleet and
  enter war with brand new equipment.