Why Japan Attacked the United States in 1941
Words: 774 1352The morning of December 7, 1941, marked a turning point in global history, as Japanese fighter planes descended on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor. This attack thrust the United States wholeheartedly into World War II, a war that until then had been largely fought across the oceans. But what drove Japan, a nation thousands of miles away, to launch such a bold, seemingly unprovoked attack on American soil? The reasons stretch far beyond a simple act of aggression, […]