WORLD WAR II 1941 1945
THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Dreams of ruling Asia
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The need of raw materials
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United States imposed undesired rules on Japan for invading other countries
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All of the choices provided
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Detailed explanation-1: -Faced with severe shortages of oil and other natural resources and driven by the ambition to displace the United States as the dominant Pacific power, Japan decided to attack the United States and British forces in Asia and seize the resources of Southeast Asia.
Detailed explanation-2: -Seeking raw materials to fuel its growing industries, Japan invaded the Chinese province of Manchuria in 1931. By 1937 Japan controlled large sections of China, and war crimes against the Chinese became commonplace.
Detailed explanation-3: -In essence, Japan invaded Southeast Asia to secure strategic commodities (oil, bauxite, tin, rubber, etc.) needed to sustain the war against China that had been ebbing and flowing since mid-1937. The conquest was swift and probably cost less than 10, 000 Japanese lives.
Detailed explanation-4: -The short version: Japan’s actions from 1852 to 1945 were motivated by a deep desire to avoid the fate of 19th-century China and to become a great power. For Japan, World War II grew from a conflict historians call the Second Sino-Japanese War.