Why the Hell did the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor? The US was only giving supplies so antagonize them? And if you do antagonize them, why attack a harbor and not a place where they're developing supplies or trading them?
>>81078769
The US placed an embargo on Japan. I believe it was oil.
>>81079058
Ah OK. Thank you for that. Don't know if this should be on /pol/ though.
>>81078769
They assumed the US was keeping out of the war out of weakness. They thought we wouldn't turn around and wreck their shit. Obviously they were wrong.
>>81078769
>Japan sees opportunity to destroy entire pacific fleet and capture all of the pacific island chains
>destroys most of it
>capture some islands
>forgot they attacked America and get fucked for it
>severely underestimate the manufacturing power of the US
>>81079058
>>81079362
>>81079469
Honestly, it still seems fucking retarded.
>>81079058
Correct
>>81079362
>>81079469
Incorrect.
>>81079556
Hence why they got their shit kicked in
>>81079556
What do you expect from a isolationist island nation led by a religious cult equivalent to Islam today
>>81078769
Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto regarding the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor:
>I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve
most smart japanese thought it was a terrible idea too
>>81079809
correct
>>81078769
Is it too much to ask of you to use Google or, God forbid, read a book? You must be a nigger of some sort.
>>81085381
Shut up, faggot. There are a lot of reasons why they could have done it that can't be found in a 3 second Google search. Like basically everything else in history.
