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Why Did Japan Attack At Pearl Harbor

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In august 1945 the United States dropped two atomic bomb on japan killing over one hundred thirty five thousand people. Mostly civilians the devastation that followed also led to severe health problems for survivor and their children and desolated communites. In the years leading up to the bombings WWII was in full force, on one side were the allies consisting of the Unites States, United Kingdom and a number of other mostly European countries and on the other side were the axis powers consisting of Germany, Italy and Japan. The catalyst for direct confrontation betwteen the United States and Japan happen on the Seventh day of December

1941 during that time Japan had begun to advance their fleet into the central and southwest pacific which included U.S territory in the …show more content…

Japan intended to neutrualize the threat of U.S. force by bombing their pacific fleet at pearl harbor. The surprise attack didnt disable the United States navy, but it did immediately result in a formal declaration of war on japan. In 1945 Italy had already surrended and the allies were starting to invade the German captial and on April 30th Adolf Hitler commited suicude and by may Germany surrended but, Japan refused to surrender and continued to fight. With all concentration on Japan the allies need to figure out a way to end the war and prevent further casualties.
The first plane was to conduct an all out invasion of the Japanese mainland in what was known as operation downfall. However, Japan different landscape meant that there was only one predictable invasion entry point. Studies dettermined that as many as two hundred eighty thousand people

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