03-03-2016, 07:56 AM
Actually, the attack on Pearl Harbor was intended to quickly destroy and immobilize the US Pacific Fleet to prevent any interference with plans by the Japanese military forces to invade and occupy SE Asia for it's natural resources. The prevailing hope among Japanese military strategists was to buy enough time to establish a strong enough empire that by the time the US regained it's footing the Japanese would be so well entrenched that the US would opt to seek a negotiated peace rather than stomach a costly and difficult war of attrition across the Pacific.
Of course this has absolutely nothing remotely to do with the TMT. Perhaps a stronger connection could be found with The War of 1812.
Of course this has absolutely nothing remotely to do with the TMT. Perhaps a stronger connection could be found with The War of 1812.