Declared war with Japan, effectively entering them into WWII.
Both were subjected to unprovoked attack, The USSR by Germany and the US by Japan.
Because the distance from Japan to the American mainland was too great and their supply lines would have been too long and US forces would have been able to counter attack the Japanese fleet before it could reach Japan after the attack.
1) to destroy American aircraft carriers 2) to destroy American oil tanks 3) to prevent the U.S from entering the war.
Japan wanted to eradicate, or destroy, the American military presence in the Pacific.
Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor
Attack by the Empire of Japan at Pearl Harbor in 1941. .
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
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Declared war with Japan, effectively entering them into WWII.
Some important things of world war 2 were attack on Pearl Harbour, The Atom Bomb on Japan, The D day in Normandy, and Japan entering the war.
Both were subjected to unprovoked attack, The USSR by Germany and the US by Japan.
Japan was on the Allies side in WW1.
to attack, invade and corrupt japan
Because the distance from Japan to the American mainland was too great and their supply lines would have been too long and US forces would have been able to counter attack the Japanese fleet before it could reach Japan after the attack.