pearl harbor
...y placing an embargo on oil shipments heading for Japan. The japanese outraged, viewed this as an act of war. Attempts were made to try and resolve the situation. The Japanese wanted the embargo lifted and permission to attempt an attack on China. The U.S. government in response said they would only lift the embargo if Japan ceased its aggression towards china. A solution was never made. Admiral Isoroku Yamado, commander-in-chief of Japan’s Combined Fleet devised a plan that would protect the Japanese mainland from European invasion as well as the launch of offensive maneuvers, He decided to attack the Pearl harbor and Allied forces in South east Asia simultaneously, in an effor to demoralize american forces. The attack was carefully planned out and guidlines were established, suprise was crucial, aircraft carriers wre the primary targets to avoid opposition, all types of bombing we...