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𓀐 @mdXwLSXV: 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…

No, the US had in the 19th century made it military policy to never land an army on the Asian continent. FDR, being a diplomatic and military dullard, ignored all that.

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