The Rise Of Japan's Infamy During WWII

World War II began on December 7, 1941, when Japan attacked the United States Naval Base Pearl Harbor. The naval base is located on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. The question is what was their reason for attacking the United States? Japan had been our ally during World War I. At the end of that war, President Woodrow Wilson “rejected Japan’s claim to German concessions in Shantung, home of Confucius, which Japan had captured at a price in blood” (Buchanan 1). In 1921, at the Washington Naval Conference, the United States put pressure on England to end their 20 year alliance with Japan (1). President Roosevelt did not want to cut-off oil to Japan, but papers had already been drawn-up to cut-off their oil supply. When President Roosevelt