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The [[Empire of Japan]]'s attack on Pearl Harbor was preceded by months of negotiations between the United States and Japan over the future of the [[Pacific Ocean|Pacific]]. Japanese demands included that the United States [[ABCD line|end its sanctions against Japan]], cease aiding [[Republic of China (1912-1949)|China]] in the [[Second Sino-Japanese war]], and allow Japan to access the resources of the [[Dutch East Indies]]. Anticipating a negative response, Japan sent out its naval attack groups in November 1941 just prior to receiving the [[Hull note]]—which states the United States desire that Japan withdraw from China and [[Vichy France|French]] [[French Indochina|Indochina]]. Japan intended the attack as a [[Preventive war|preventive]] action. Its aim was to prevent 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. Over the course of seven hours, Japan conducted coordinated attacks on the U.S.-held [[Philippines campaign (1941–1942)|Philippines]], [[Battle of Guam (1941)|Guam]], and [[Battle of Wake Island|Wake Island]]; and on the [[British Empire]] in [[Japanese invasion of Malaya|Malaya]], [[Battle of Singapore#Outbreak of war|Singapore]], and [[Battle of Hong Kong|Hong Kong]].<ref name="Gill85">{{Harvnb|Gill|1957|p=485}}</ref>