Pearl+Harbor

As so far I have only been talking about the European Theater of operations, I believe it is time that I say something about the Pacific. The Pacific Campaign for the Japanese started with the conquest of the British colonies present their. Since the British controlled most of the valuable resources, they were they logical choice to attack first. That is exactly what Japan did, except that they just couldn't drive the British off of New Guinea. However, the Japanese had enough material now to wage a full scale war. One threat still haunted them however: the American Carrier group stationed in the Pacific. Their intelligence stated that thes carriers were stationed at Pearl Harbor, however, in reality, they were somewhere out in the Pacific. So, the Japanese, believing that if they take out the American carrier force immediatedly would buy them some time, decided to attack Pearl Harbor. Well, their stategy didn't work. Although the Japanese destroyed all in all 14 ships of the United States navy, they still had to worry about the American carrier force which actually managed to put two Japanese carriers out of action. I have labelled this battle a Japanese success, but actually, you could think about it both ways. It was a successful raid because the Japanese destroyed over half of the United States Pacific fleet, but think about the consequences. This act of aggression brought the mighty economical powerhouse onto the side of the Allies, which probably dissapointed Germany and excited the strange military of the Japanese Empire.