[Explain] Why Japan Attacked Pearl Harbor ?

These sources provide an overview of the reasons and context behind Japan’s surprise attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Multiple sources focus on the escalating economic warfare by the United States, particularly the embargoes on vital resources like oil and scrap metal, which Japan viewed as an existential threat to its industrial economy and expansionist goals in China and Southeast Asia.

The sources also detail the Japanese military strategy, led by Admiral Yamamoto, which sought a decisive, pre-emptive strike against the U.S. Pacific Fleet to buy time to consolidate a resource-rich empire before America could mobilize its superior industrial power.

Furthermore, the texts examine the flaws in Japanese planning and political objectives, noting the military’s misguided belief that the attack would demoralize the American public and force a negotiated peace rather than provoke an all-out war. Finally, some sources offer a historiographical view, assessing a book on the attack and noting that the American public often lacks understanding of the preceding diplomatic failures and economic pressures that led to the conflict.

00:00:00 Intro
00:00:35 Skip intro
00:01:00 A day of infamy?
00:01:40 Japan is industrialized compete with Western.
00:01:56 Japan’s economic relied on oil, steel, and rubber.
00:02:18 Japan wanted to acquire more resources.
00:02:53 The US. was sanction Japan during 1940 – 1941.
00:03:20 It was pushed Japan in to the war because of economic.
00:04:07 There was 3 choices for Japan.
00:04:50 Japan chose The War, Why Pearl Habor?
00:05:38 2335 people died on that time.
00:06:00 The US. joined the war, and fought back to Japan!

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