Why would Japan want to force the United States into World War II? Japan knew the Military capability of the US. Why did it make sense to them (Japan)?

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Why would Japan want to force the United States into World War II?  Japan knew the Military capability of the US.  Why did it make sense to them (Japan)?

anonymous · Answer

http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1661.html try this it might help

wwhitlock · Answer

The reasoning behind Pearl Harbor was that the US would enter the war eventually. So a preemptive strike may be able to keep us out until it was too late. Miscalculation on their part,.

usernamenottaken · Answer

United States was already involved in the war before Pearl Harbor and was very active but they haven't fought just yet. They supplied tons of shipment to Great Britain to assist their battle against the Axis. Remember that Japan was also part of the alliance so they did a preemptive strike against them before the US goes all out with their Navy. 

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Japan delivered the first blow to US who was aiding Great Britain to keep on fighting against the Axis. Since they belonged to different alliances, they knew war was inevitable. PREEMPTIVE STRIKE!

anonymous · Answer

They attack the U.S because the U.S cut off supplies and gave supplies to the Allied forces, also they wanted to make sure the U.S couldn't use their battle ships