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+⧖Was it a foregone conclusion that Japanese expansionism and their hunger for resources would lead them into attacking the Allied Powers and the United States? How strong were the voices in the government and military who were opposed to it? Why weren't they listened to? Even without hindsight surely they were already far too involved in the Chinese invasion to take the catastrophic risk of opening up the war elsewhere, they knew not to provoke the Soviets for example. I understand that France a… Was it a foregone conclusion that Japanese expansionism and their hunger for resources would lead them into attacking the Allied Powers and the United States? How strong were the voices in the government and military who were opposed to it? Why weren't they listened to? Even without hindsight surely they were already far too involved in the Chinese invasion to take the catastrophic risk of opening up the war elsewhere, they knew not to provoke the Soviets for example. I understand that France a…
𓀐 @S*9eiZcF: The US slapped a full embargo on Japan, seized all of their assets, and demanded they withdraw 100% from China. War was a certainty. Now, if the US had been less aggressive, played hot and cold, war might have been avoided or at least delayed a year or more, when the US would be in a much stronger position. But FDR was a warmonger and a diplomatic dullard, so...

What right does Japan have to unjustly demmand resources and land from soverign nation territory?

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