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Why did the pearl harbor attack fail to cripple America's Pacific naval fleet

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Not all of the fleet was there.

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The attack on Pearl Harbor was intended to neutralize the U.S. Pacific Fleet, and hence protect Japan's advance into Malaya and the Dutch East Indies, where it sought access to natural resources such as oil and rubber.
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