December 7th, 1941 = Pearl Harbor

It's December 7th, 1941 and the Japanese has just raided Pearl Harbor, an area where the U.S. naval base is kept for Hawaii. Hideki Tojo just claimed the raid as a success and assumes the hit was hard enough to weaken the U.S. military in their further entrance to war. But all of that for the Japanese will be a big mistake. Before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, you may ask why the Japanese attacked or interfered directly with the U.S. All of that information comes from and could be answer from the history before the great incident. The Japanese were already at war with another country before ww2 has started. Japan was an imperialistic nation that fought against the Chinese and and other asian countries. One time Japan was told by the U.S. not to interfere with Indochina, which was under the french's control. Japan ignored the U.S. ad told control of the southern part of Indochina. This is where the U.S. trades to supply the Japanese with oil was embargoed. After this the Japanese know they had to keep producing oil to maintain their military. The Japanese only spot for oil was under Philippines, where the Philippines was a U.S. territory at the time. The Japanese know they will face a war with the U.S. if they invade the Philippines, but they planned out an attack that will hugely damage the U.S., that it will weaken them into possible truce.