What led up to Pearl Harbor?
198785
Well, the japanese had bombed one of the US ships, but they claimed that they did not see the US signs. That action angered the US, thus leading up to Pearl harbor. Yamatato, the  chief of the Military in Japan tried to persuade japan to bomb pearl harbor to see where the war was going. The battles that eventually led up to WWII was the battle of midway, the battles of Iwo Jima. The japanese enventually lost the war. During WWII Japan was a part of the axis powers, with Germany and Italy. After Pearl harbor happened, many many Japanese were sent to Internment camps, in the US, there were 10 total. They were located in California, Arizona, New mexico, Wyoming and i think Nevada(not sure about nevada but others i am positive). that is all that i can think of right now, hope this helped in some way.  :-)
611868
MacArthur was an amazing general during the Pacific part of WWII. he was responsible for many of the victories we had in the Pacific and he used the method of island hopping to take over island after island. why he was chosen over other i don't know but he was a great general which i am sure played a large part.
219306
The US had put an oil embargo on Japan for invading China. Without oil, Japan could not keep its war machine in operation - planes, ships and tanks use a lot of oil. \n\nI don't think you could really say attacking Pearl Harbor solved that problem, and of course it was not going to win the war, but it was the only way the Japanese military felt they could prolong the inevitable defeat. (They never believed that could actually beat the US in the end. But by attacking Pearl Harbor they thought they could gain 6 more months to advance into Southeast Asia).
206082
If Japan had not attached Pearl Harbor they would have attacked another target.  Remember Japan started the war in the Pacific not the U.S.  Pearl Harbor was a strategic target and base to the Pacific Fleet.  Our saving grace that day was the fact that our air craft carriers were out of port at the time.  \n\nJapan brought the war to our door step and we took it right back to Tokyo.
171111
The attack on Pearl Harbor and the resulting war between Japan and the Allied powers appears to be the culmination of a series of events and decisions that began in the 19th century. By the mid-19th century, western imperialism had come to east Asia. Various European powers had taken control of India, Southeast Asia, Indonesia, and various islands in the Pacific. After defeating the Qin Dynasty of China in the Opium Wars, several western imperial governments forcibly exploited China's resources. The Japanese were shocked by the European defeat of the Qin dynasty and the resulting conquest of Chinese territory and resources. It was also around this time, in 1853, that Commodore Perry appeared in Tokyo Bay with the "Black Ships" and ordered the isolationist, Tokugawa shogunate government of Japan to open trade with the west. The U.S. appeared to support the other western powers in their exploitation of China, even sending troops to help put-down the Boxer Rebellion. The U.S. also gained control, through victories in the Spanish American War, of several significant territories in the east Asia/Pacific area by the end of the 19th century, most notably the Phillipines and Guam.\n\nIn 1868, Japan's Tokugawa shogunate was forcibly replaced with a new government model during the Meiji restoration. Japan's new government's decided to try to achieve parity with the western powers, believing that the only other alternative was helpless victimization, as had happened to the Qin Dynasty.\n\nThus, Japan embarked on a period of significant economic, political, and military expansion (citation pending). In order to fund this expansion, resource-poor Japan embarked on a series of their own imperialistic moves that brought it into conflict with neighboring powers. In 1894, Japan defeated the then current Chinese government and took control of Taiwan. In 1904, Japan defeated Russian forces and took control of Russian territories in and around China and the Korean peninsula. In 1910, Japan took all of the Korean peninsula. Japan supported the UK and U.S. side in World War I and, as a reward, was awarded control of former German possessions in the central Pacific. In 1931, Japan forcibly established a "puppet" state in Manchuria. In 1937, having made further progress in constructing a large and modern navy and army, Japan initiated a large-scale of invasion of mainland China, attacking from Manchuria and at several points along China's Pacific coast.\n\nJapan's invasion of China now appeared to directly threaten the assets and territories of several of the western powers, including Great Britain (UK) and the U.S., who were strong allies. The move also threatened the U.S.' "Open Door Policy" concerning China. The U.S. and UK responded at first with diplomatic pressure, condemning Japan's aggression in China. Japan didn't back down, but instead continued it's military campaign in China and formally aligned itself with the Axis Powers in 1940. The U.S. responded with economic sanctions, including partial or full embargoes of scrap metal and gasoline, renouncing previously-signed trade agreements between the two countries, and closing the Panama Canal to Japanese shipping. Again, the Japanese didn't back down and, in 1941, invaded northern Indo-China. The U.S. response was to freeze Japanese assets and initiated a complete oil embargo.\n\nOil was the most valuable and crucial resource that Japan required. In addition to fueling Japanese military operations, oil was vital for core economic activities. 80% of Japan's oil imports came from the U.S. Diplomatic negotiations climaxed with the Hull note of November 26, 1941, which Prime Minister Hideki Tojo described to his cabinet as an ultimatum. Therefore, Japan now had an important decision to make- either to comply with the U.S. and UK demands and back down from its aggression in China and the surrounding areas, or go to war w
240780
As a Former Marine, I think you should check your facts!When Pearl Harbor was attacked, we were watching what the Germans were doing to the rest of the world. We were caught off guard when the Japs hit us at Pearl. I Have many Japanese freinds that understand why we did  what we had to do. I think your book will not be read. Because there are still to many that have not forgotten! Pearl Harbor. Who were the ones that were left behind? "Falling from grace" Makes no sense.
443554
This may not be a topic you are interested in, but I found this article.  President Discusses Unity Between the U.S. & Japan.\nJust an idea.\nhttp://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/02/20020218-2.html
265345
There's a pretty detailed list of events in the Pacific\ntheater for WW2 at reference #1.  However, it begins\nwith 1941.\n\nAnswers.com has a summary of the Pacific portion of WWII\nwhere they explain many events which lead up to the war\n(covering the period before 1941), followed by an \nexplicit list of events from 1941 on.\n\nThere's a history of WW2 at reference #2, and if you look\nfor the heading: "East Asia and the Pacific", it lists\nseveral specific events between 1937 and 1941 which\nwere related to the war (ie. Japan's attack on  China\non July 7, 1937; the Battle of Shanghai; the signing of\nthe Tripartite Pact on 27 September, 1940, etc).
235009
Oh my god, it totally slipped my mind how Iraq bombed Pearl Harbor!  They probably sank the Maine in San Juan harbor, too.
131070
The second wworld war would have ended without the use of atomic bomb. but the war offered an opportunity for the U.S to test the bomb which it has produced. The use of that bomb made the Japanese to surrender unilaterally
281694
It was done to shorten the war.  The bombing forced Japan to surrender sooner than if the USA had to beat the Japanese militarily for all the islands and Japan itself.\n\nI beleive that hundred of thousands more troops on both sides would have been lost if the US had to take Japan with conventional warfare.
380284
The events leading to World War II, its military operations, diplomacy, statistical data, and results, are discussed under the following headings:\n\nhttp://gi.grolier.com/wwii/wwii_i.html\n\nGood luck.\n\nKevin, Liverpool, UK.
75238
The deniability in this case is becoming less and less plausible. He ignored the warnings so he could make darn sure he had a "good reason" to start a war in the Middle East. It was his Pearl Harbor (for which warnings were also ignored intentionally).
395392
start from here:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II
407563
Lend lease act with the British and convoys.  Gearing up industry to supply the British, selling destroyers to the british, having americans on the convoys helped create sentiment if the ships were sunk.  The Flying Tigers in China, though officially and in reality a volunteer group.  It is said, that Chennault was assigned this mission.  The Americans had broken the Japanese main code and had not disclosed it publicly.  The government was aware something was coming.  The British on the other hand had gotten a hold of a german enigma decoding box and was holding the sailors from the German sub that was capture in America.  So, for months the government or the military was aware that war was coming, they did not know when.  And they were aware the most likely place would have been Pearl Harbor but, again they did not warn the commander of the information.  There has been speculation that when the US reduced trade to Japan that it forced Japan economically to start the war.  That is probably true.  The US had cutoff oil and steel to Japan.  \n\nThe second reference below, it is actually very true what he wrote.  All that has been written is true.  \n\nGood luck.
139658
America only entered the war after the attack on Pearl Harbour by the Japanese on 7th December 1941. There was resistance from U S ships so that is probably the first area of combat that Americans faced. As the invasion of Europe by allied forces did not take place until 6th June 1944 Americans would not have faced combat in France or Italy. Ships regularly ran the blockade of the English Channel but American ships were not used until 1944. The first American involvement was probably by air at Guadalcanal, the Coral Sea and Midway, air and sea battles.
590380
It is largely believed now that Zhang He, a Admiral from China, had landed on America ahead of Columbus. \n\nHistory as we were taught are being re-written.