Although the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor caught us off guard, not all American military planners were surprised. As far back as the 1920s some officers warned that the Japanese were to be our next enemy and that an attack on our Navy at a place like Pearl Harbor was inevitable. In 1924, Army Brig. Gen. William Mitchell reported his opinions concerning the Pacific Ocean area. In his report he suggested how the Japanese might attack …showed first 75 words of 885 total…

…showed last 75 words of 885 total…the decade and led to the attack on Pearl Harbour and the Pacific War. On top of practical economic considerations, early military success and an inherent sense of racial superiority led Japan to believe that it deserved to dominate Asian politics. As with Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy, this combination bred an aggressive and neo-colonial foreign policy, the ‘Greater East Asia Co-prosperity Sphere’. Higher birth-rates and economic considerations required more land; the gene-pool justified it.