Why Didn’t Japan Invade Hawai’i After Pearl Harbor?

<p>After the Japanese raid on Pearl Harbor, the panicked citizens of Hawaii believed that an invasion was imminent. Reports of Japanese patrol planes and shadowy landing craft moving in from the horizon paralyzed the island for the rest of 1941. It seemed like a logical conclusion to draw. Most invasions were preceded by a heavy bombing attack.</p> <p>Even the military on the island was preparing for an invasion. The navy was digging trenches along the beaches and setting up machine gun nests and barbed wire tangles to prevent Japanese soldiers from gaining a foothold in Honolulu.</p> <p><a href="https://grantpiperwriting.medium.com/why-didnt-japan-invade-hawai-i-after-pearl-harbor-f1e11c5d72a9"><strong>Read More</strong></a></p>