Answer: The Japanese intended the attack as a preventive action to keep the United States Pacific Fleet from interfering with its planned military actions in Southeast Asia against overseas territories of the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and the United States.
Step-by-step explanation:
the japaneese tried to block the united states ships from attacking there biggest ships but litle did they know two things hapend as a faliure 1: not all the ships were there all the carriers were not in the harbor and 2: the decleration of war did not make it in time to the us resulting in a "war crime" forcing the us to enter the war HOPE THIS HELPS!!!!!!!!!!.