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Originally Posted by dyna mo
They wanted and needed complete control of the pacific to fullfull their plans of conquest. The only thing that stood in their way was our Pacific fleet, they knew that.
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You are correct but you are leaving out the fact that we had demanded Japan cease and desist from their would be conquests or we would establish a naval blockade...and that is the reason they attacked us at Perl Harbor. They knew that we would recover but they hoped to consolidate their conquests before we recovered and then they intended to sue for peace.