The bombing of Pearl Harbor was an effort by the Japanese to... Gain control of the Hawaiian islands and their resources.
Inflict as much damage as possible on the U.S. Pacific fleet.
Retaliate against the United States for the internment of Japanese Americans.
Provoke the United States into diverting its military resources from Europe.

Inflict as much damage as possible on the U.S. Pacific fleet.

Explanation:

The Japanese do preventive actions 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 so they bombed Pearl Harbor Inflict as much damage as possible on the U.S. Pacific fleet.

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