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May 20, 2014 RAW Why did Japan attack us at Pearl Harbor?. AIM# 67 America goes to war!. I. Moving Toward War. Japanese aggression in China leads to warnings from the U n i t e d S t a t e s . Japan ignores warnings. I. P e a r l H a r b o r. December 7, 1941.
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May 20, 2014 RAW Why did Japan attack us at Pearl Harbor? AIM#67 America goes to war!
I. Moving Toward War • Japanese aggression in China leads to warnings from the United States. • Japan ignores warnings.
I. Pearl Harbor • December 7, 1941. • At 7:55am the first wave of Japanese attack planes strike the naval base • at Pearl Harbor.
In the summer of 1941FDR freezes all Japanese assets in the U.S. • Stops all oil sales and scrap metal sales. • Japan is OUTRAGED.
We are completely surprised! • Tora, Tora, Tora. Tiger, Tiger, Tiger. • The Japanese attempt a knock out blow! • Their need for oil motivates this attack • “I fear we have awoken a sleeping giant!”
Japan’s Admiral Yamamoto