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Destroying the Base at Pearl Harbor Would Mean Japan Controlled the Pacific In May , the United States had made Pearl Harbor the main base for its Pacific Fleet. 1 2 Japan attacked the U.S Pacific Fleet at its base at Pearl Harbor on the 7th of December , but what led to that decision? Why did the Japanese attack the USA? - The answer is oil. Japan had been modernising its economy throughout the 20th century and wanted to build an empire of its own. 3 4 Pearl Harbor attack, (December 7, ), surprise aerial attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor on Oahu Island, Hawaii, by the Japanese that precipitated the entry of the United States into World War II. The strike climaxed a decade of worsening relations between the United States and Japan. Prelude to war. 5 Only a quick, powerful, pre-emptive strike could hobble the U.S. in the Pacific. Japan authorised war preparations on July 2, Planning for the attack on Pearl Harbour began. (The women codebreakers of World War II helped end the war.). 6 The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service upon the United States against the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii, just before a.m. (local time) on Sunday, December 7, 7 8 var tankt som en forebyggande atgard for att halla den amerikanska Stillahavsflottan borta fran den planerade. 9 Den 7 december anfoll japanska stridsflygplan den amerikanska flottbasen Pearl Harbor pa Hawaii i Stilla havet. 10 11