The Origins and the Causes of the First World War - What were the main mid-term causes? - American Economic Sanctions

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What was Japan's dependance on Western Powers in 1938?

  1. 86.4% of Japan's imported war materials"
  2. US - 57.1 %
  3. UK and empire (Malaya, Canada, India, Australia) - 20.7%
  4. Dutch and Dutch East Indies - 8.6%
  5. US produced 60% of world's oil
  6. Dutch East Indies less than 10% of World Oil
  7. Japan's Oil: 55% US, 14$ Soviet Union, 10% Dutch East Indies

What was the US response to Japan's invasion of the French Indo-China?

  1. Freezing Japanese assets in US banks
  2. cutting Japan off from American scrap iron, petroleum, and technolgoy
  3. Denied access to US petroleum and iron

What was the effect of US Economic Policy on Japanese military policy?

Japan decided to attack Southeast Asia: could gain
  1. oil from Dutch East Indies
  2. Iron ore from British Malaya
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Why did the Japanese decided to attack Pearl Harbour?

In order to secure oil supplies in the Dutch East Indies; Japanese miltar planned assult each of US territories:
  • Philippines (had US Naval bases and were located  algong route between Japan and Dutch East Indies)
  • Hawaiian Islands
  • Guam and Wake Island held US Airbases

and Great British territories like Hong Kong (to stave military support to China) at the SAME TIME to prevent a quick US recovery.

What was the main Japanese miscalculations in 1941?

  1. "War of Timetable" like Germany; they felt that it would take the US a year to recover from Pearl Harbour attack; giving time for Japan to seize Indonesia and face US forces
  2. National superiority; the US wouldn't strike back because they were a weak and comfort-oriented nation because of fear or sheer laziness

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