What Was Japan's Reasoning for Attacking Pearl Harbor in 1941

question 19

Multiple Choice

What was Japan's reasoning for attacking Pearl Harbor in 1941?

• A)The Japanese were angry over the Russo-Japanese War Treaty.
• B)The US government resisted Japanese expansion in Asia.
• C)The emperor saw the attack in a dream and took it as a sign from the ancestors.
• D)The Japanese were forced to attack because of their alliance with Germany and Italy.
• E)The German air force and the Japanese navy saw the attack as a way to cripple the United States.

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