World War II was a world war the U.S. did not want to be involved in. “It killed more people, cost more money, damaged more property, affected more people, and caused more far-reaching changes in nearly every country than any other war in history.” (U-S-History.com) World War II was a depressing time and it was something the U.S. did not want to be involved in because of those reasons. The U.S. was still rebuilding for the stock market crash of 1929. Over the past forty there had two World Wars and a depression caused by a stock market crash. World War II was a war that was looked at as trouble for everybody that was involved. The only reason that the U.S. was in WWII was because Japan attacked Pearl Harbor and our allies were fighting against …show more content…
made economic sanctions and trade embargoes canceling all ties to Japan. Japan needing to expand took this as another reason of determination to expand witch made it seem as a war was on its way. No one expected the Japanese to start a war with an attack in American. It would be inconvenient because Hawaii and Japan were about 4,000 miles apart. American intelligence officials thought that any Japanese attack would take place in one of the (relatively) nearby European colonies in the South Pacific: the Dutch East Indies, for instance, or Singapore or Indochina.(Hisory.com) Because American military leaders were not expecting an attack so close to home, the naval facilities at Pearl Harbor were relatively undefended.(History.com) Almost the entire Pacific Fleet was moored around Ford Island in the harbor, and hundreds of airplanes were squeezed onto adjacent airfields. To the Japanese, Pearl Harbor was an irresistible target. (History.com) in the bombing of pearl Harbor 20 ships and more than 300 air planes had been destroyed. There had also been 3500 people had been wounded or killed. However the Japanese had not bombed the aircraft carriers or the naval bases that were onshore so the naval was able to reunite