Why was the United Stated attaks on Japan important?

El ataque pretendía ser una acción preventiva destinada a evitar la intervención de la Flota del Pacífico de los Estados Unidos en las acciones militares que el Imperio del Japón estaba planeando realizar en el Sureste Asiático contra las posesiones ultramarinas del Reino Unido, Francia, Países Bajos y Estados Unidos.

union blockade

explanation:

the union blockade in the american civil war was a naval strategy by the united states to prevent the confederacy from trading.

the blockade was proclaimed by president abraham lincoln in april 1861, and required the monitoring of 3,500 miles (5,600 km) of atlantic and gulf coastline, including 12 major ports, notably new orleans and mobile. those blockade runners fast enough to evade the union navy could only carry a small fraction of the supplies needed. they were operated largely by british citizens, making use of neutral ports such as havana, nassau and bermuda. the union commissioned around 500 ships, which destroyed or captured about 1,500 blockade runners over the course of the war.

2018 means 2018 ce or common era

there have been other eras too including bce, which included way more years.