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In the early 20th century, Japan’s quest for resources led it down a path of aggression that would reshape the Pacific. Starting with the invasion of Manchuria in 1931, Japan sought to secure essential resources like coal, oil, and iron. But as the war in China stalled, Japan turned its focus southward, threatening British and Dutch territories. When the U.S. imposed an embargo, cutting off 94% of Japan's vital oil supply, Japan had no choice but to act. In this video, we’ll uncover the story behind Japan’s bold decision to attack Pearl Harbor, the turning point that led to the Pacific War and ultimately changed the course of history.
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Why Japan Attacked Pearl Harbor !?
Back in the 1930s Japan was quickly expanding in the south-east Asia wanted to secure the natural resources that mainland Japan didn’t posses.
In 1931, Japan invaded the Chinese province of Manchuria, very rich in coal, iron and oil. The next obvious step for Japan was the attack on the rest of China. Although at the beginning the war went well for Japan it transformed in a stalemate.
With Japan shifting it’s attacks to Indochina, the U.S. quickly felt that his dominance in the Pacific was threatened and responded with an embargo on it’s exports to Japan. This was followed by Britain and The Netherlands, thus Japan lost 94% of it’s vital oil supply.
The only option for Japan was to take the resources by force from British Malaya and the Dutch east indies, but they were sure that U.S. will respond it’s invasion with force.
That’s why Japan decided to completely destroy the U.S. Pacific fleet, by attacking it on it’s main base, Pearl Harbor, and shift the Pacific dominance to their side.
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