Why The Failure Of The Attack On Pearl Harbor

The year is 1941. World War II has begun, and on one side is Germany, Japan, and Italy, and on the other is the United Kingdom, France, and a number of other countries. The war began with the German invasion of Poland, thus sparking France and the United Kingdom to declare war on Germany. Up until this point, the United States had largely sat out the war, as per the isolationist policies at the time that dictated the USA should remain out of the affairs of other nations. While this policy had been slowly phased out for decades in favor of expansionism and imperialism, the notion of isolationism still ran deep within the blood of many Americans, who did not want to get involved in yet another war that had little to do with them. All of this changed, however, one fateful day in December. On December 7th, 1941, the Empire of Japan launched a surprise attack against the United States in a military base in Hawaii, called Pearl Harbor. This attack was meant to devastate the capability of the U.S. navy and to prevent America from later joining in the war against the Axis powers. Ultimately, however, the attack failed in this goal and the U.S. naval forces largely survived unscathed, leading to America’s entry into World War II and the subsequent victory of allied forces over the fascist, imperial nations that led the Axis powers.