what was their objective?

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"The attack was intended as a preventive action in order to keep the U.S. Pacific Fleet from interfering with military actions the Empire of Japan was planning in Southeast Asia against overseas territories of the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and the United States."

The attack was the climax of a decade of worsening relations between the U.S. and militaristic Japan. In the 1930s Japan had invaded Manchuria and China, then in 1941 Japan occupied French Indochina.

The U.S. demanded the aggressive actions against China and Indonesia be halted. With the Netherlands and Great Britain, the U.S. then froze Japanese assets in their countries and imposed stringent economic restrictions on oil. This U.S. embargo on necessary supplies for war prompted the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Good answers all.

I'll merely add that Admiral Yamamoto thought the raid a big mistake when they failed to totally destroy the American fleet, especially our aircraft carriers.

He is attributed with this memorable quote below:

Trying to keep the US out of the Pacific whilst they consolidated their gains and hopefully force the US to stay out for good. It did not work.

what was their objective?

please & thank you (: