WORLD WAR II 1941 1945
THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR
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Question
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The United States attacked China in 1930
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The United States began its embargo or trade stoppage with Japan
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Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in 1939
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The United States declared war on Germany
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Detailed explanation-1: -Responding to Japanese occupation of key airfields in Indochina (July 24) after an agreement between Japan and Vichy France, the U.S. froze Japanese assets on July 26, 1941, and on August 1, it established an embargo on oil and gasoline exports to Japan.
Detailed explanation-2: -This prompted Roosevelt to freeze all Japanese assets in the United States on July 26, 1941, which effectively cut off Japan’s access to US oil.
Detailed explanation-3: -Roosevelt hoped that such sanctions would goad the Japanese into making a rash mistake by launching a war against the United States, which would bring in Germany because Japan and Germany were allied.
Detailed explanation-4: -Japan’s immediate response was to occupy Saigon, again with Vichy France’s acquiescence. If Japan could gain control of Southeast Asia, including Malaya, it could also control the region’s rubber and tin production-a serious blow to the West, which imported such materials from the East.