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Why did Japanese Emperor Hirohito authorize his military to bomb Pearl Harbor in late-1941

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Military planning. Preliminary planning for an attack on Pearl Harbor to protect the into the southern resource area the Japanese term for the Dutch East Indies and Southern Asia generally had begun very early in 1941 under the auspices of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto them commanding Japan's combined fleet
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The answer is: C) He hoped to destroy most of the U.S. Navy there.

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