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On Sunday, 7th December 1941 the Japanese bombed the United States Navy Base, Pearl Harbour, on the island of Oahu. ... The worldwide depression in the late 1920’s and the early 1930’s caused Japan special problems because other countries felt threatened by too many cheap Japanese made products and put special taxes on them to make them more expensive. ... The prime minister, Prince Konoye Fumumaro, and his cabinet tried to control the army, but the incident at Marco Polo Bridge (a shooting between Japanese and Chinese soldiers), in Peking set off the Sino-Japanese War. ... Tojo was a leading supporter of Japanese empire – making peace less likely. ...
Until December 1941 the Japanese tried to get the oil ban lifted on terms that would still let them take the territory they wanted and they prepared for war. ...
The Japanese army and navy had devised a masterful war plan in which they had great confidence. ... Their greatest concern was the United States Pacific Fleet, based at Pearl Harbour in Oahu, Hawaii. ... To make sure this wouldn’t happen the Japanese decided to set back the Americans by taking out their fleet.
Approximate Word count = 855
Approximate Pages = 3.4
(250 words per page double spaced)
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