Why Did Japan Attack Pearl Harbor Essay
Bryan Allen
Mr
. Paxton
U.S. History 2 Period 3
17 November, 2014 In 1941, 18 days before Christmas just before 8 AM, the American way of life changed for 1365 days. When Japan Attacked pearl harbor many americans were not only shocked and angry, but really confused. Many americans asked “Why?” or “What were they thinking when they planned this?”. But the Japanese knew exactly what they were doing when they attacked pearl harbor. Admiral
Yamamoto started planning the attack in the spring of 1941, a total 263 days was put into planning the attack. The question remaining is what provoked the attack. The
Japanese attacked for three reasons, the first being the embargo of aircraft and aircraft parts against Japan, the second being the strong demands made by the United states against Japan for …show more content…
The Japanese felt that if they sat through the embargo and waited the embargo out that they would lose all their military strength and be helpless to their enemies. In July of 1941 The United States furthered this embargo by freezing all Japanese assets and bank account. This upset the Japanese and showed them they were right for planning the attack.
The second reason that Japan attacked pearl harbor is because demanded many things of
Japan but never did anything for them. The United states demanded that Japan remove their troops from china (doc E). But over 100,000 men died try to capture china. What was the
Japanese supposed to tell the families of the ones who died? That they died for nothing? No
Japan said that they would not do that and so they did not move the troops.
The third and final reason was the impending threat of the United states Navy fleet only
4,000 Miles from a defenseless Japan. With the Japan not having very many troop at all, since they were all in China, the Japanese felt very threatened. The US had moved they fleet within sneak attack range. Admiral Yamamoto realized this and start planning the counterstrike
Mr
. Paxton
U.S. History 2 Period 3
17 November, 2014 In 1941, 18 days before Christmas just before 8 AM, the American way of life changed for 1365 days. When Japan Attacked pearl harbor many americans were not only shocked and angry, but really confused. Many americans asked “Why?” or “What were they thinking when they planned this?”. But the Japanese knew exactly what they were doing when they attacked pearl harbor. Admiral
Yamamoto started planning the attack in the spring of 1941, a total 263 days was put into planning the attack. The question remaining is what provoked the attack. The
Japanese attacked for three reasons, the first being the embargo of aircraft and aircraft parts against Japan, the second being the strong demands made by the United states against Japan for …show more content…
The Japanese felt that if they sat through the embargo and waited the embargo out that they would lose all their military strength and be helpless to their enemies. In July of 1941 The United States furthered this embargo by freezing all Japanese assets and bank account. This upset the Japanese and showed them they were right for planning the attack.
The second reason that Japan attacked pearl harbor is because demanded many things of
Japan but never did anything for them. The United states demanded that Japan remove their troops from china (doc E). But over 100,000 men died try to capture china. What was the
Japanese supposed to tell the families of the ones who died? That they died for nothing? No
Japan said that they would not do that and so they did not move the troops.
The third and final reason was the impending threat of the United states Navy fleet only
4,000 Miles from a defenseless Japan. With the Japan not having very many troop at all, since they were all in China, the Japanese felt very threatened. The US had moved they fleet within sneak attack range. Admiral Yamamoto realized this and start planning the counterstrike