The path to problems between Japan and America started many years before the attack, in the 1930's when Japan tried to conquer all of China. This was partially successful, with Manchuria and all of Indochina falling to Japanese rule (Infamy). At the same time, the newly appointed commander-in-chief of the Imperial Japanese Navy, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto felt it necessary to develop a powerful naval air force to combat its enemies since joining Nazi Germany and the Axis Alliance (Infamy). America, alarmed by the imperialistic moves that Japan was making, decided to support China financially and militarily. America developed a p

There was a third wave of force that was planned in the attack, but was aborted at the last minute. Yamamoto called off the third wave minutes before it was to launch because he felt that the Japanese didn’t have the element of surprise anymore, so the attack would not be as successful. Many scholars agree that had Yamamoto not aborted the third wave, the American fleet in the pacific would have been obliterated and Japan would have gained control of the pacific. This would have greatly changed history. The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor might have caused lots of damage, but it wasn’t complete at its task. All seven American aircraft carriers were out to sea at the time of the attack. The airborne attack failed to destroy facilities at Pearl Harbor Naval Base, which contained crucial supplies and fuel that helped America to repair and fuel its Pacific fleet.

Was the bombing of Pearl Harbor really a success? This question has many answers for differing views on the attack. Some claim that it was a huge success for Japan because it caused so much death and destruction at Pearl Harbor, but others say that it was a miserable failure. In the long run, the attack did little good for Japan. The attack on Pearl Harbor along with Hitler declaring war on the United States brought us in to the war, which created much better conditions for the Allies. Some claim that Winston Churchill and F. D. Roosevelt devised the Pearl Harbor attack for their own interests. If that was true, and the attack was a strategy for the Allies, then it was a huge success. Churchill wanted to bring the United States into the war the help ease the burden of such a terrible war, and this attack did exactly that. For Roosevelt, the attack brought a politically divided America together behind him, and allowed him to pursue the plan of action against the Axis that he wanted supported (Infamy). Others claim that in the long run, the attack was a success for Japan. The retaliation against Japan after the attack freed it from its dictatorial and corrupt past (Essential Pearl Harbor).

In October of 1941, Commander Minotu Genda gave the final go ahead to Yamamoto’s plan, which was to be commanded by Admiral Chuichi Naguro. Six Imperial Japanese Navy carriers were to be used: The Akagi, Kaga, Soryu, Hiru, Zuikaku, and the Shokaku. Twenty-four other vessels were to be present for support. A separate fleet of submarines was to destroy any American ships that managed to escape the harbor.

The Japanese government saw these acts on behalf of Am

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