Why did Japan infiltrate Pearl Harbor? Is it innate confidence? Pearl Harbor is a Hawaiian island in the North Pacific Ocean. It is a U.S. territory and is the headquarters of the U.S. Pacific Fleet. Japan in Northeast Asia is more than 6,000 kilometers away from Pearl Harbor in the United States. Early morning of December 7, 1941, Japan. The Navy's aircraft carriers, aircraft carriers and mini-submarines suddenly attacked the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor. More than 350 Japanese aircraft launched two rounds of attacks on the unprepared U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor. The entire pre-emptive sneak attack lasted 90 minutes, blowing up four U.S. warships and two destroyers. 188 aircraft were damaged, 2,400 Americans were killed and 1,250 injured. Immediately after the sneak attack, Japan declared war on the United States, and the United States also declared war. At the beginning of World War II, the United States was not involved in the war, and its commerce flourished. The United States, though not weak, does not want to use it.
The heroic struggle of the US military
For two peaceful nations, why would Japan attack thousands of miles, avoiding the national transportation system to analyze the mighty United States? At the end of the day, it's about competing for resources. Japan covers an area of 370,000 square kilometers, only a quarter of that of China or the United States. Most of the country's land is mountainous. Volcanic earthquakes occur frequently, and resources are very poor, such as gold, silver, copper, iron, coal and other resources. Japan's oil is very scarce, and its oil is completely dependent on the outside. It can be said that in this peaceful land, there is nothing to ask for. After the Meiji Restoration, the Japanese economy developed greatly. The ambition gradually expanded, and embarked on the road of external expansion. Japan invaded the Korean Peninsula and Northeast China to gain more resources for development and support its ambitions to dominate the world. At the beginning of World War II, most of Japan's development resources, such as steel and oil, were sent from the Americas. The United States made a lot of war money.
Japan used these resources to expand overseas, and found a large amount of coal and iron ore resources in northeast China. But Japan has never found the oil resources to support the operation of the war machine. At that time, There were two factions in Japan, one faction advocated invading Southeast Asia in the south and obtaining strategic resources such as oil, rubber, and steel, and the other advocating the northern division of the Soviet Union in siberian oil fields to gain greater development space, and dreamed of cooperating with Germany in the Soviet Ulla. This will be a partition event. The European part is owned by Germany and the Asian part is owned by Japan. Thus, in 1939, Japan represented puppet Manchukuo and the Soviet Union represented Mongolia. A war broke out between the two sides at Nomon Khan. As a result, with the advent of the Soviet Union, the two countries signed the Japan-Soviet Neutrality Treaty, which completely dispelled Japan's idea of going north to split the Soviet Union with Germany. Japan then turned in the direction of aggression and entered Southeast Asia, competing for important maritime transportation routes and strategic resources such as oil, steel, and rubber. At that time, much of South asia and South Asia was a colony of Europe and the United States, including India, Malaysia, and the Brunei River, which belonged to the East Indies, the United States, the Philippines, and The French Indochina, namely Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia.
In June 1940, France surrendered to Germany. In September, Japan soon occupied French Indochina as its own colony. The occupation won Japan a large amount of war resources and hoped to further control the resources of Malaysia and Indonesia through the springboard of Indochina and France. The American colony of the Philippines has become a possession of Japan. Japan's actions have seriously damaged U.S. interests in Southeast Asia. In order to curb Japan's expansionist ambitions, the United States, which has just emerged from the economic crisis, decided to impose sanctions on Japan. It demanded that Japan withdraw its troops from China and French Indochina, freeze all U.S. assets in Japan, and impose an oil embargo on Japan. Japan's domestic oil reserves are only enough to cope with a two-year war. Once there is no oil supply, Japan will be defeated.
Post-war American landscape
At this point, Japan had to face two choices: either withdraw its troops to punish the United States, or continue to compete with the United States for Southeast Asia. It is absolutely impossible for Japan to accept the withdrawal and admit defeat. If Japan admits defeat, it will not be able to explain it to China, and it will also trigger an economic crisis. Venturing south into Southeast Asia would annoy the United States, but it could get unemployment resources from Malaysia and Indonesia and get rid of U.S. restrictions. Japan, which has access to resources, could also retreat, surrender, and escalate. In this case, Japan chose to bet its national luck with the United States. In Japan's view, it is customized by the United States. After all, these measures will be followed by military action. In order to avoid being controlled by other countries, Japan decided to preemptively attack Pearl Harbor and destroy the American fleet in the Pacific, winning the first opportunity and development opportunity. After Pearl Harbor, U.S. power in the Pacific was destroyed and more than half a year of defense was conducted. Subsequently, Japan occupied most of the colonies in Southeast Asia, Europe, and the United States in only half a year. While acquiring steel, oil, coal and other resources, it also controls the Strait of Malacca, the main sea route of communication, and enters the Indian Ocean.
Although Japan's strength was not enough to support its ambitions, after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Japan gained a large number of war resources in Southeast Asia, and Japan's war machine could continue to develop and be invincible in a short period of time. It often prolonged Japan's war of aggression for four years. In the eyes of many, Japan's infiltration of Pearl Harbor to drag the United States into the war with a small battle was not a wise choice. But Japan has no better way to face america's choice. Stealing Pearl Harbor can win a glimmer of life. In the difficult circumstances of the time. You can't understand why Japan ventured into Pearl Harbor in the United States. Fortunately, due to technology and bad luck, Japan did not find the Daqing oil field in northeast China. Otherwise, Japan will have another option, making it harder to guess the direction of World War II. None of this can presume that an unjust war of aggression will eventually face defeat.
Ashes after the explosion