Pearl Harbor
December 8th 1941 “with confidence in our armed forces we will gain the inevitable triumph so help us god” said Franklin D. Roosevelt to the Congress to get involved in war against
Japan. Pearl Harbors location led to the bombing of Pearl Harbor by Japan. Why did Japan attack Pearl Harbor? Japan had started a conflict with America at Pearl Harbor because of the
Embargos, Immigration Quota, and the Expansion of American Navy.
In 1939, the U.S. placed an embargo to aircraft and aircraft parts. With the U.S.making this move, Japan had to live with what hey had. In September 1940 Japan signs a treaty with
Germany and Italy. The U.S imposes an embargo on oil shipment to Japan in August 1941 .
In conjunction with the embargo on aircrafts and aircraft parts this had a crippling effect on the economy in Japan. With the loss of aircrafts and aircraft parts, and now the loss of oil Japan had no way of fueling the already dwindling supply of aircrafts to continue to wage war against
China.
Also, the expansion on the American Navy posed a threat to Japan. July 1940,
Congress passes the Naval Expansion Act promising to triple fleet size by 1944 . By tripling the size of the Navy in a four year span with the culmination of embargos placed against the
Japanese this would leave them vulnerable to a U.S based attack . Disseminating the
Japanese forces with one fatal blow. Japan must had felt like they had no other recourse but to attack the U.S to save themselves from a future attack. Incidentally speaking, the U.S adopted the Immigration Quota Act denying immigration to Japanese, Indians, and Chinese (Hook). After the adoption of the
Japan. Pearl Harbors location led to the bombing of Pearl Harbor by Japan. Why did Japan attack Pearl Harbor? Japan had started a conflict with America at Pearl Harbor because of the
Embargos, Immigration Quota, and the Expansion of American Navy.
In 1939, the U.S. placed an embargo to aircraft and aircraft parts. With the U.S.making this move, Japan had to live with what hey had. In September 1940 Japan signs a treaty with
Germany and Italy. The U.S imposes an embargo on oil shipment to Japan in August 1941 .
In conjunction with the embargo on aircrafts and aircraft parts this had a crippling effect on the economy in Japan. With the loss of aircrafts and aircraft parts, and now the loss of oil Japan had no way of fueling the already dwindling supply of aircrafts to continue to wage war against
China.
Also, the expansion on the American Navy posed a threat to Japan. July 1940,
Congress passes the Naval Expansion Act promising to triple fleet size by 1944 . By tripling the size of the Navy in a four year span with the culmination of embargos placed against the
Japanese this would leave them vulnerable to a U.S based attack . Disseminating the
Japanese forces with one fatal blow. Japan must had felt like they had no other recourse but to attack the U.S to save themselves from a future attack. Incidentally speaking, the U.S adopted the Immigration Quota Act denying immigration to Japanese, Indians, and Chinese (Hook). After the adoption of the