WORLD WAR I
CAUSES AND COURSE OF THE WAR
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The U.S. demanded that Japanese forces leave Manchuria.
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The U.S. occupied the important island of Midway.
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The U.S. banned the sale of iron, steel, and oil to Japan.
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The U.S. condemned German aggression in Europe.
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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: -On this date, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, addressing the nation in a Joint Session in the House Chamber, asked Congress to declare war against Japan in response to the surprise attack against American naval facilities in and around Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, a day earlier.
Detailed explanation-3: -General Douglas MacArthur and Admiral Chester Nimitz were in charge of U.S. forces in the Pacific. They devised a strategy of “island hopping” to defeat Japan.