The Real Reason Japan Attacked Pearl Harbor | Best Ww2 Documentary

Japan's surprise attack on Pearl Harbor marked the United States’ entry into the deadliest war in human history, in which over 50 million people would perish across the globe. But why did the Empire of Japan attack Pearl Harbor? What were their motivations, and how did they manage to catch the Americans so off guard?

From the Meiji Restoration to the Great Depression, from Japan's war of conquests across Asia, to the State Department and the negotiations between the two nations, from plans of Isroku Yamamoto to the attack on Pearl Harbor itself, join us as we take you step by step and chapter by chapter, of how the United States was drawn into the most deadly conflict in human history.