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Pearl Harbor was an attack that occured in WWII. it started on Desember 7th of 1941 and ended and ended on the same day. It was an japanese attack on the Americans that had stationed themselves in Hawaii. Japans only hope in this war was the element of surprise. They wanted to surprise the US by attacking them when not expecting it. Japan wanted to wipe them so they wouldn't be a threat to them anymore. This lead up to them getting mombed twice.

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After more than 75 years, the question remains for students of the history of World War Two: Why did Japan attack Pearl Harbor?

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The Attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 directly caused America's entry to WW2 which led to the eventual launch of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, an outcome that spelled disaster for the Japanese. The Japanese managed to damage almost 20 U.S. naval vessels, of which 8 large battle ships, 200 airplains and killing over 2,000 American, but why did the Japanese attack America in the first place? And what were they trying to achieve by attacking Pearl Harbor, specifically?

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Why Did Japan Attack Pearl Harbor?

The U.S. and Japan had been butting heads for decades and it was inevitable that things would eventually culminate into a war. Japan had imperial ambitions to expand to China to solve some demographical and economical problems and to take over the Chinese import market. When in 1937 Japan decided to declare war on China, America was very against this aggression and responded with trade embargoes and economic sanctions. Specifically, the oil embargo that America organized with the British and the Dutch was a thorn in the side for Japan, which imported 90% of its oil. Without oil Japan's military could not function and all war efforts would come to an end. Negotiations had been going on for months between Washington and Tokyo, without any resolution, so Japan decided to attack first.

Why Attack Pearl Harbor?

As war was inevitable, Japan's only chance was the element of surprise and to destroy America's navy as quickly as possible. Japan wanted to move into the Dutch East Indies and Malaya to conquer territories that could provide important natural resources such as oil and rubber. By destroying a large portion of the American fleet, they hoped to conquer the Philippines and Malaya while America was still recovering from its own damages - simultaneous attacks were launched on these places while Pearl Harbor was taking place.

Let's return to our main question: why did Japan attack Pearl Harbor? Ultimately, Japan hoped that America would accept defeat and that Japan could create a fortress that would stretch across the whole Pacific Rim.

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It was an important battle in World War II. After Germany had conquered most of Europe there was only one major country that they had to fight. This last country was the United Kingdom, also known as the Great Britain, but before they could do that, they had to destroy Britain’s air force. When doing this, they tried bombing their air force. This battle happened the 10th of july in the year 1940 and ended 31st October 1940. It didn’t last to long but still lasted some months, and in these months a lot of damage was done. The entirety of this battle was in the Great Britain, German soldiers flew to Britain and tried bombing them. But ended up losing. This battle happened mostly because Britain was the major enemy for Germany to fight. They wanted to conquer it, so they tried bombing small cities first, then Hitler got frustrated and wanted to attack the royal air force first. But Britain was better, they defeated Germany and won the attack.

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Slaget om Storbritannia, et av de mest berømte slagene under andre verdenskrig, 15. august-15. september 1940. Slaget dreide seg om luftherredømmet over Storbritannia, som tyskerne måtte beherske ved en eventuell invasjon.Det tyske Luftwaffe under ledelse av Hermann Göring hadde 2790 fly, herav 760 énmotors jagere, blant annet av typen Messerschmitt Bf 109.

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The D-Day Was a battle that took place the 6th June, 1944. This battle happened in Normany, France. The D-Day is known to have the most bloodshed out of all battles. It was an attack that was started by the Frenchmen. This battle started when Hitler thought the invasion force was gonna cross the English channel. But they avoided some heavy defence on the coast. It was mostly American, Canadian and british soldiers that had fought in the battle. This was an invasion that didn't go as planned. The amount of soldiers they lost were about 4,413 allied soldiers on this day, but 4,000-9,000 Germans were killed too. In the end it was the Allied (US, UK and CA) that won the battle in the end.

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D-dagen er et mye brukt navn på den første dagen i den hemmelige, allierte invasjonen av Frankrike under den andre verdenskrig, 6. juni 1944. På D-dagen skjedde landgangen i Normandie, med kodenavnet "Operasjon Neptune". Dette var starten på invasjonen av Normandie, som ble fullført i august, med kodenavnet "Operasjon Overlord".