USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Tojo says that it would be difficult for Japan to remove troops from China from Japan because of the lives they’ve lost in the effort would have died in vain because without the military occupation, the expansion of Japan will not occur.

Detailed explanation-2: -Hideki Tojo ruled Japan as a militaristic dictator. Tojo’s leadership over Japan was based on several key principles. First, Tojo expressed, and demanded, extreme loyalty to Emperor Hirohito. For Tojo, as with most Japanese people at the time, the Emperor was a living god and deserved the utmost respect.

Detailed explanation-3: -While there is no single correct or simple reason for the attack, this lesson should help students realize that Japan’s motivation for attacking Pearl Harbor was driven by its political self-interests, its scarcity of economic resources and perceived opportunity costs, and America’s embargo policy.

Detailed explanation-4: -Let’s know more about Hideki Tojo! Tojo became known as ‘Razor Tojo’ because he was efficient, and rose quickly up the army ranks. Hideki Tojo led Japanese forces in Manchuria during the Sino-Japanese War in the 1930s. Tojo became Kwantung Army chief of staff in 1937.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Japanese Leaders would be interested in keeping the flow of imported oil because they didn’t have any oil fields near them and due to being away from the mainland.