Why Did Japan Attack Pearl Harbour?

Hoosier sailor's lost remains return more than 80 years after Pearl Harbor attack

For years Judith Marlene Martin wondered what happened to her uncle, Paul Newton. A Romney, Indiana, resident, he joined the military right out of high school, despite the risk of the United States joining World War II.

Why Did Japan Attack Pearl Harbour?

Without warning or even declaring war, Japan attacked the US naval fleet at Pearl Harbour, Hawaii, on 7 December 1941. Japan's military government, which had already occupied Manchuria, Korea, coastal China, and French Indo-China, needed access to raw materials, particularly oil, to continue its imperialist ambitions in the Pacific. A pre-emptive strike on the US Navy, it was hoped, would allow Japan to dominate this theatre of the Second World …