Which rationale best explains Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941?
Group of answer choices
to solidify its dominant position throughout the Pacific by crippling the U.S. Navy
to prevent the United States from entering World War II on the side of the Allies
to reduce its competition for markets in Asia by disrupting U.S. trade routes across the Pacific
to obtain a naval base that would allow it to begin colonizing territories in the Americas