What were the causes of Pearl Harbor?

The attack on Pearl Harbor refers to a military incident planned by the Japanese government during World War II to attack Pearl Harbor, the base of the U.S. Pacific Naval Fleet, which became the trigger for the outbreak of the Pacific War in World War II. The causes of the Pearl Harbor incident can be categorized into three points:

1. The peace-mindedness of the United States relaxed its vigilance against the surprise attack launched by Japan.

2. Japan needed to obtain abundant resources for war.

3. War with the United States was inevitable to build up advantages for future wars.

One, the United States relaxed its vigilance against Japan

Around the 1930s, the main idea of all classes in the United States was the idea of pacifism, and under the dominance of this kind of thinking, the United States was not prepared to enter the war, nor was it prepared to deal with a sudden attack, which left the next opportunity for the Japanese to sneak into Pearl Harbor.

Two, Japan needed to obtain rich war resources

Japan's main battlefield was in China, and the battlefield in China began to appear stalemate, and Japan's wartime resource reserves were insufficient, so in order to further expand the war results, so Japan needed more war resources, so it pointed the finger at the United States, which controlled oil imports, and wanted to obtain the United States through the suppression of the power of the United States. oil resources.

Three, for the future of the war to accumulate advantages

In fact, Japan on the United States has long been scheming, the two countries to go to war is only sooner or later, so the Japanese Pearl Harbor as a start, attempting to give the U.S. military through the Pearl Harbor attack to the United States to deal a heavy blow to the annihilation of U.S. naval forces, for the two countries to go to war in the future to accumulate advantages.

The course of Pearl Harbor

In 1941, Yamamoto formally proposed a sneak attack on Pearl Harbor. Until June, Yamamoto was bent on making the attack on Pearl Harbor a reality.In December 1941, several Japanese planes left Japanese airspace, aiming for Pearl Harbor.In the early morning of December 7, 1941, aircraft carriers and mini-submarines of the Japanese Navy suddenly attacked Pearl Harbor, the base of the U.S. Navy's Pacific Fleet in Hawaii, as well as the airfields of the U.S. Army and Navy on the island of Oahu. The Pacific War thus broke out.