Question

Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in order to…

Answer 1

To cripple the U.S.'s navy

Step-by-step explanation:

With the U.S. out of the way, Japan could take over the pacific with ease. Pearl Harbour ended up being a terrible disaster for Japan. The bombers did not hit their primary objective, the oil fields, or their secondary objective. The cherry on top is that roughly 80% of their oil came from America. this ultimately doomed Japan to lose the war.

Answer 2

They intended to destroy important American fleet units, thereby preventing the Pacific Fleet from interfering with Japanese conquest of the Dutch East Indies and Malaya and to enable Japan to conquer Southeast Asia without interference.