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Why did Japan choose a “surprise” attack instead of formally declaring war?

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Answer:because if they declared the war would be worse?

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Japan's surprise attack on Pearl Harbor would drive the United States out of isolation and into World War II, a conflict that would end with Japan's surrender after the devastating nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945. At first, however, the Pearl Harbor attack looked like a success for Japan.

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