In REALITY, what MOTIVES or PRETEXES did the Imperial Government of Japan have, to order the military?

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In REALITY, what MOTIVES or PRETEXES did the Imperial Government of Japan have, to order the military?
The motive of the Imperial Government was to cripple the U.S. Pacific Fleet to the point that the U.S. Government would reach an armistice or peace treaty allowing Japan access to the fueling stations in the Pacific Ocean Japan needed to maintain and expand its empire. The war planners in Japan never anticipated invading or occupying the U.S. mainland - They just wanted to make sure they could continue building their own Asian/Oceanic Greater East Asian Co-prosperity Sphere. Their plan might have been able to work if the bombing of Pearl Harbor had destroyed the carrier fleet rather than part of the battleship inventory: The U.S. Navy's contribution to total victory in the Pacific was primarily one of Carrier groups destroying the Japanese Navy.
Reply:Militarism - you know its based on the believe in your own invincebility, a very blind motive. The Japanese had the most powerful navy in the world. so they decided that they can bully everybody around. Pearl Harbor, was one of their gorssest mistakes though, since they didn't do any real damage to the US with that. On the other hand US, as you know damaged Japan A LOT.
Reply:The mobilization of bomber planes by the US. The Japanese were led to believe the planes were intended for the bombing of Japan. The US baited Japan into war in order to expand westward.





The myth of the surprise attack has been uncovered for quite a while. The US never had an intention to stay out of the war. It simply needed to convince the population by feigning a casus belli.
Reply:The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbour for a number of reasons, the main being President Roosevelt banning all exports of scrap iron, steel and oil to Japan. Japan had lost more than 90% of its oil supply). Other causes which sparked the attack included; the belief that Japan was becoming encircled by Western powers, the fear of resources such as oil running low, the strong determination of advancing in the East Asia region, the United States demanding Japanese withdrawal from Indo-China, the United States opposing Japanese expansion and Japans demands were not being achieved by diplomacy. The Japanese were keen on expanding their empire and had to make a decision between surrendering or going to war with the United States.
Reply:The same motives that Hitler had:


Invincibility and not seeing the resources other countries had.


I am not going to discuss wether the US government had approriate information and didn´t use those ( to enter the war) or not.


Both the Japanese government and Hitler overestimated themselfs and the resources they had.


I am German.
Reply:The pretext of the military, which had control of Japan at this time, was colonization. They felt that since other European countries, [ie: France, Britain and Germany], were colonizing N. Africa and the Pacific Islands, that they should be able to.


They joined what was loosely called a 'triumvirate' of three countries. Germany, Italy and Japan, who were allies against Europe and the U.S.


Also, the military hierarchy had their own agenda, and was controlled by someone, [General Tojo], who disliked the U.S. for his own reasons.


Although some of the military, especially one Admiral, did not altogether agree on the methods, or beginning a war, they began it anyway.....and we ended it!
Reply:As stated above the main reason that the Japanese bombed Pearl harbor was that fact that with the embargo of raw materials to japan and the British and Dutch control of the raw material that they needed the nation of Japan felt that in the interest of national security they need to strike first and remove the American threat from the pacific rim so they could secure the raw material controlled by the British and Dutch and not have to worry of America coming to the aid of the Dutch and British

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