Leading up to the War Japanese Imperialism & Fascism.Japan was a small island country. They

had to import many natural resources > Expansion

South-east Asian Empire. • Manchurian Crisis.• Japan join the Axis alliance (Germany &

Italy)

War with America Japan was worried that the US would try and

stop them from taking over countries in Southeast Asia.

They decided to attack the US Navy hoping they could sink enough ships to keep the US from ever attacking Japan. 

Pearl Habour, Hawai December 7, 1941

Surprise aerial attack on America’s Pacific fleet.

Deceived the U.S by telling they wanted peace.Decoding Japanese messages. Americans were aware of

possibility of War.

A large flight of planes was detected by radar screen, but was ignore.

It was a Sunday, most of the men were asleep.

The ships were moored next to each other. Perfect targets.

Outcome This attack did not have the effect the

Japanese had hoped for. The US joined the Allies in World War II the

next day.

The attack at Pearl Harbour united the Americans with the goal of defeating the Axis powers, especially Japan. 

The War