Attack on Pearl Harbor I. Background A. A prevention for the U.S. Fleet to interfere the advancement of the Japan Empire.

1. The attack of Pearl Harbor was to neutralize the U.S. Fleet. 2. It was to also bulwark Japans advancement into Malayo and into the Dutch Indies. 3. Japan hoped it would by time to consolidate and increase its naval strength. 4. It was to blow a sever blow to the American morale. 5. The total intention was to enable Japan to conquer Southeast Asia with no interference. B. The people accommodated with it 1. President Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered a military set-up in the Philippines. 2. Douglas McArthur opposed the defense of the Philippine with a 40,000 man elite force.

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The circumstances. A. The day this event started on December 7, 1941. B. This event was taken place in Pearl Harbor. - The attack of the Japanese to the American Naval Forces. C. This event also started World War 2. The results A. The affects on our country 1. It affected our country by being conquered by the Japanese for 3 heavy years. 2. It affected our country by the retreating of the Americans, leaving us in the hands of Japanese. 3. It affected our country by our fellow Filipinos being captured, killed, and injured. B. The affects on the people involved - It affected the people by their houses being destroyed and injured. C. It was a very huge success for the Americans.

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