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Japan needed oil for bomber planes, tanks and trucks not just warships. The US embargoed Japan for invading French Indochina in 1940, which the US correctly suspected was Japan activating its war plan to conquer all of Southeast Asia including the US held Philippines. Japan was not embargoed for attacking China, stop spreading that bullshit. The US embargoed Japan for invading French Indochina in 1940 which the US correctly suspected was part of a Japanese plan to conquer all of Southeast Asia,…⏱ 1w↩ 1
It was still stupid diplomacy to provoke war with Japan by putting unacceptable terms on them. War was certain then.⏱ 1w↩