How did Japan benefit from the attack of Pearl Harbor?

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Adeline Harris

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15 May, 01:03

How did Japan benefit from the attack of Pearl Harbor?

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Conner Oconnell · Answer 1

They crippled the American Pacific fleet so that they can freely attack anywhere in the Pacific without a worry of America intervening.

Morrow · Answer 2

"Objectives. The Japanese attack had several major aims. First, it intended to destroy important American fleet units, thereby preventing the Pacific Fleet from interfering with Japanese conquest of the Dutch East Indies and Malaya and to enable Japan to conquer Southeast Asia without interference."