Japans need for natural resources
*Invasion of Manchuria begins this process in 1937
*Sphere of influence across the Pacific (Greater East Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere)
*Coal, Iron and rubber in Dutch east Indies
*Indo-China, Taiwan, Mainland, China , Philippines and Solomon Islands all captured
*Americans boycott oil in Japan in 1941
*Sphere of influence across the Pacific (Greater East Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere)
*Coal, Iron and rubber in Dutch east Indies
*Indo-China, Taiwan, Mainland, China , Philippines and Solomon Islands all captured
*Americans boycott oil in Japan in 1941
Summary
Japan needed natural resources began with the invasion of Manchuria in 1937. The sphere of influence was across the Pacific (Greater East Asian Co-prosperity sphere) They needed coal, iron, and rubber in Dutch East indies. Indo-china, Taiwan, Mainland, China, Philippines, and Solomon Islands were all captured. The Americans boycott oil in Japan in 1941.
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