Why did Japan bomb Pearl Harbour
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Japan wanted to incapctate the US navy as they did not want the US to retake the islands Japan had to occupied
Retaliation (the US refuses to supply them with oil).
embargo
economic sanctions
intimidated by US power
Japan is running out of resources.
Great depression
Previous invasion of Manchuria.
Japanese propaganda
military training
American cut off trade with Japan. 80 percent of japan's oil came from the US :/
role of alliances
enemy of Axis powers
(Jap, Ita, Ger)