日本宣传 "大东亚战争 "是解放其亚洲殖民地的一种方式，但它为什么不在珍珠港事件后占领夏威夷并恢复夏威夷王国？

日本宣传 "大东亚战争 "是解放其亚洲殖民地的一种方式，但它为什么不在珍珠港事件后占领夏威夷并恢复夏威夷王国？

您所说的 "大东亚战争 "是指第二次中日战争，它与第二次世界大战合并，当时日本进攻了美国、英国和荷兰的领土，对吗？我只是想确认一下我对术语的理解。

首先，日本并不是为了 "解放亚洲 "殖民地而战。它是要建立一个殖民体系，类似于他们看到的欧洲人在 19 世纪建立的体系。他们希望其他亚洲国家 "反哺 "日本工业，为大日本帝国提供更多财富。当所谓的解放者占领并奴役当地人民时，这并不涉及解放。

其次，日本并不关心任何夏威夷王国。日本在 1932 年 "解放 "满洲时，建立了一个傀儡政府，并安插了一个唯唯诺诺的人物作为名义上的 "皇帝"。

第三，东京到檀香山大约有 3,300 海里（6,111 公里或 3,797 英里）。即使在 1941 年，要走这么长的路而不被发现也是很困难的。他们之所以能做到这一点，部分原因是美国军方没有人有想象力相信日本人能做到这一点（是的，种族歧视）。

对珍珠港的美国太平洋舰队进行空袭是一项艰巨的任务。入侵舰队的规模要大得多。然后，日本需要保护这条航线，以便对夏威夷群岛上的部队进行补给。这也意味着需要一支舰队和空军部队在群岛周围水域巡逻，以保住这些岛屿。

第四，对驻扎在珍珠港的美国太平洋舰队的袭击只是一次空袭，因为它不是真正的目标。真正的目标是英属马来亚、英属缅甸、荷属东印度群岛和菲律宾。菲律宾之所以被列为主要目标，是因为驻扎在马尼拉的美国亚洲舰队和随行的陆基飞机可以控制南中国海的交通。

为什么这很重要？因为日本需要来自英属马来亚、英属缅甸和荷属东印度群岛的石油、锡、橡胶和其他自然资源，而美国拒绝向他们出售这些资源，还因为美国和英国冻结了日本在美国/英国银行的资产（资金），因此日本无法用这些资金从其他任何人那里购买。

日本确实入侵并占领了北太平洋的威克岛和关岛，但只是为了在美国通过北太平洋进攻日本时充当预警基地。日本通过马里亚纳群岛、所罗门群岛等地向斐济发起进攻，只是为了让美国和澳大利亚/新西兰更难协调对日本的攻击。日本并不真正想要这些岛屿，因为它们并没有日本真正需要的资源。

日本确实进攻了新加坡和香港，因为敌人可以利用这些港口控制当地海域。这些都不是 "解放 "战争，而是 "资源 "战争。

夏威夷也没有提供日本需要的自然资源。零。当然，也不值得日本花费那么大的力气去建立一支入侵部队。

那好吧。回答得很恰当，而且比原告所期望的还要详细。

Japan propagated the Greater East Asian War as a way to liberate its Asian colonies, but why didn't it occupy Hawaii and restore the Hawaiian Kingdom after Pearl Harbor?

And by “Greater East Asian War” you mean the Second Sino-Japanese War which merged with World War 2 when Japan attacked US, British, and Dutch territories, right? I just want to be sure I understand the terminology.

Well first, Japan was not fighting to “liberate its Asian” colonies. It was fighting to create a colonial system similar to the system they saw Europeans had built in the 19th century. They wanted other Asian countries to ‘feed’ Japan’s industries to provide greater wealth for the Empire of Japan. There was no liberation involved when the so-caller liberators then occupy and subjugate the population.

Second, Japan did not care about any Hawaiian Kingdom. When Japan “liberated” Manchuria in 1932 they established a puppet government and installed a pliant figurehead as ‘emperor’ in name only.

Third, Tokyo to Honolulu is about 3,300 nautical miles (6,111 km or 3,797 miles). That was a long way to go, even in 1941, without being detected. They did it partially because no one in the US military had the imagination to believe the Japanese could do it (yes, racism).

It was a big effort to conduct an air raid on the US Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor. An invasion fleet would have needed to be significantly larger. THEN, Japan would need to protect that route in order to resupply the troops on the Hawaiian Islands. That also means a fleet and air arm to patrol the waters around the islands in order to keep them.

Fourth, the attack on the US Pacific Fleet based at Pearl Harbor was only an air raid because it wasn’t the real objective. The real objective was British Malaya, British Burma, the Dutch East Indies, and the Philippines. And, the Philippines was only included as a major objective because the US Asiatic Fleet based in Manila and the accompanying land-based aircraft could control traffic through the South China Sea.

Why was that important? Because Japan needed the oil, tin, rubber, and other natural resources from British Malaya, British Burma, and the Dutch East Indies that the US refused to sell them and because the US and UK had frozen Japanese assets (money) in US/UK banks so Japan could not buy from anyone else using that money.

Japan did invade and take Wake Island and Guam in the North Pacific but only to act as early warning bases if the US attacked Japan through the North Pacific. The Japanese thrust through the Marianas, Solomon’s, etc toward Fiji was just an attempt to make it much harder for the US and Australia / New Zealand to coordinate attacks against Japan. Japan didn’t really want those islands because they didn’t really have resources Japan needed.

Japan did attack Singapore and Hong Kong because those ports could be used by their enemies to control the local seas. None of that was a war of “liberation”; it was a “resource” war.

Hawaii offered no natural resources Japan needed either. Zero. Certainly not worth the effort an invasion force would require.

Okay, then. Properly answered and in more detail than the OP was expecting.