Introduction: On December 7th, 1941, Japanese aircrafts bombarded the American fleets in a Pearl Harbor naval base, near Honolulu Hawaii. The attack on Pearl Harbor was a strategic scheme to take out the American fleets after the Nine-Power Treaty failed, due to Japan’s violation of it. The attack had devastating consequences and caused America and Japan to be at each other's throats. As a result, President Roosevelt declared war on Japan and unleashed two major bombings putting Japan to its knees and forcing them to sign a surrender document, later on, putting America and Japan at peace. In 1922, the Washington Naval Conference occurred in Washington DC. Countries from various regions joined together in Washington D.C. A discussion among …show more content…
The supply was crucial in order for Japan's attempting reign over Southeast Asia. The oil supply was cut down by 90%, leaving Japan with little to no bounty of oil. Japan was angered by the sudden trading embargo and saw the American fleets as a threat. Many trading ports were officially closed. For years Japan and America were on the brink of war. The ambush on Pearl Harbor was a simple, yet carefully planned attack. Every ship in Pearl Harbor was crippled, yet later on, restored. Japan came up with the cunning plan to take out the fleets in Pearl Harbor. The plan was by taking out the Pearl Harbor fleets, the American soldiers and other battle forces would back away from their attempts in ruling Southeast Asia, and America would be left defenseless by Japanese forces. The American could not intervene with their spree over Southeast Asia. But the plan failed horribly, and only gave Japan two bombings, and thousands of innocent deaths. December 7th, 1941, at 7:02 a.m, American radio operatives observed planes flying directly them towards with the Japanese sign. The U.S. was "suddenly and deliberately attacked.(Franklin Roosevelt) The Japanese Empire sent soldiers in aircraft to attack the naval base in Pearl