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Why did the Japanese ultimately decide to attack the United States?

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Japan wanted to take over the pacific and wanted to cripple America's military strength in the pacific. They wanted to attack America so that they wouldn't get in their way of their expansion in Malaya and the rest of the pacific.

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Faced with severe shortages of oil and other natural resources

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