WORLD WAR II 1941 1945
THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR
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Question
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According to document E, in how many years will Japan run out of petroleum for military use?
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2 years
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5 years
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1 year
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7 years
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -According to Tojo, how long will the Japanese supply of oil last? 2 more years. When was attacked Pearl Harbor? December 7, 1941.
Detailed explanation-2: -Instead, Japan received most of its oil from the United States and rubber from British Malaya, the very two Western nations trying to restrict Japan’s expansion. U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s embargo of oil exports to Japan pressured the Japanese navy, which had stocks for only about six months of operations.
Detailed explanation-3: -Or an oil embargo, that is. Key point: Tokyo needed new oil supplies to wage its war in China and the only way to get them would be to attack Washington’s allies in the Pacific.
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