"I pledge that we will fully ensure our safety and that we will never again be jeopardized by this act of perfidy, which I believe speaks to Congress and the will of the people." At present, our people, territory and interests are in a state of extreme danger, and we must not slacken off a little. We believe that our army, our people, has an incomparably strong determination, and therefore victory must belong to us. May God bless us. I ask Congress to declare that the United States and Japan are already at war as a result of Japan's despicable attack on our country on Sunday, December 7, 1941. (Roosevelt's speech after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor)
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The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor at that time and space was undoubtedly a major event that shocked the world, and now it is also a popular material for countless war movies, this sneak attack became the most important turning point battle in the late Second World War, and it was also the prelude to the "Golden Age" of the United States, which obviously had some blood and drama.
▲ Old photos of the attack on Pearl Harbor
If Japan does not sneak attack Pearl Harbor, but continues its southward strategy to continue to attack Southeast Asia, then the Americans will also participate in the harvest war according to their own strategy, if Japan chooses to make a desperate bet, break the ship and directly attack Pearl Harbor, face the United States to launch a national war, the United States will undoubtedly participate in the war, and through the intelligence of Yoshikawa Maruo, a large number of warships of the US Navy are stuck in the port, once Japan and the United States launch a decisive battle, Once the huge US warships attack in four directions, then the United States will exert great influence in Southeast Asia, and Japan's Southeast Asia strategy will be very difficult.
▲Takeo Yoshikawa Old Light
If it enters the conventional island war, enters the position war, the US military can rely on a strong logistical support for one island after another to accompany the Japanese army to carry out a protracted war, this kind of protracted war is a burden that the Japanese army cannot bear, but if the Japanese army does nothing because it is afraid of these consequences, it is to sit still and wait for all its war resources to dry up, do not forget that at this time Japan is still deeply trapped in a big war with me, although Japan is still fighting on the battlefield at that time. However, strategically, it can be said that it was already difficult to move forward, and the assistance of the United States began to support the Kuomintang army continuously, the whole war situation began to change, and the Japanese army began to slowly lose its mind.
▲ Japanese troops in World War II
Therefore, only the choice of sneak attack on Pearl Harbor is the most practical, and it is also a step that has to be taken. Seriously for the Japanese, if the main battleships of the United States can be eliminated in the dockyard of Pearl Harbor, then the US military will completely lose its sea supremacy, and the sea supremacy has a decisive significance in the war around Southeast Asia, and the Japanese realize that a war logic can make the Americans lose the sea supremacy, then the AMERICAN army in Southeast Asia can only wait for death, and Japan's sabre will wipe out all these American soldiers, and then it can completely seize southeast Asia. Because Southeast Asia is the most important transportation channel for war resources, and by seizing Southeast Asia, Japan has obtained the most important war resources, and with these can we continue to play the next game with the United States.
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Japan began a big gamble on the fate of the whole country. The battle in the Pacific began.
One of the most famous codes about this great armageddon between the United States and Japan in the Pacific is the phrase "Tiger tiger tiger tiger tiger It is this code that opened the last madness of Japanese militarism, the collapse of Japanese militarism began with a great victory that shocked the world, after the Second World War, the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor was a very important war, in fact, the whole process of the attack on Pearl Harbor was very simple, that is, the Japanese army formed an aircraft carrier formation to sneak into the Pearl Harbor area, and then bombed the Pearl Harbor area with aircraft, and the US Navy stationed in that area suffered a huge blow, and the losses were very heavy. The United States lost a large number of ships and a large number of soldiers.
▲Old photos of Pearl Harbor
But the very strange point is precisely because of this, the US military lost a large number of battleships and soldiers' lives, but under the thunderous bombing of Japan, the Us oil depots and repair docks and all the port facilities, these most important strategic facilities were miraculously not attacked, all preserved, why only the US warships were bombed by japan? This reason is actually not complicated, it is because of Japan's strategic decision, Japan hopes that this time the sneak attack is as fierce as thunder, but also as fast as thunder, the Japanese believe that as long as the American warships can be destroyed, the Americans can lose the right to control the sea, Japan's greatest wish is to stop the pace of US military support, so that the Americans can not go to sea, otherwise the US warships can support Southeast Asia, and then they can invade Southeast Asia and get the war materials as soon as possible.
Illustration of a Japanese aircraft carrier during World War II
In fact, when we look back at the great war between the United States and Japan, we can know that there are actually more places that can be deeply investigated inside the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, and everything has a core that affects things, and there is also a core that affects the overall situation about the war conflict between the United States and Japan, and this core is something worth investigating deeply.
Why did the Japanese army desperately want to bomb Pearl Harbor? If we simply consider the value of the port, Pearl Harbor is indeed a very valuable port, but since pearl harbor is to be attacked, and it is also known that Pearl Harbor is a very valuable port, then the oil depots, docks, and other infrastructure in this port must be attacked, and only by destroying the infrastructure can the U.S. Navy be completely incapacitated. This is also the weirdest and most irrational part of the whole thing.
▲Old photos of the U.S. Navy during World War II
It is not unusual for American warships to be quietly anchored in the harbor, but the most perverse thing is why there are so many warships in Pearl Harbor, so many that it is incredible, even a little similar to the deliberate arrangement in Pearl Harbor, and on the eve of the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the United States has learned of the signs of Japanese sneak attacks, and not only the United States, but even the Soviet Union, Britain and we have detected the information that the Japanese army is going to carry out a sneak attack, and on the other hand, the attempt to sneak attack Pearl Harbor is successful. This in itself is not an easy task, and we will analyze these doubts separately in the future.
Resources:
History of the Second World War
America's Secrets