Japan's Need for Natural Resources:
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-invasion of Manchuria begins this process in 1937
-sphere of influence across the Pacific (greater east asian co-properity sphere)
-coal, iron and rubber in Dutch east Indies
-Indo-China, Taiwan, Mainland China, Philippines and Solomon Islands all captured
-Americans boycott oil to Japan in 1941
-sphere of influence across the Pacific (greater east asian co-properity sphere)
-coal, iron and rubber in Dutch east Indies
-Indo-China, Taiwan, Mainland China, Philippines and Solomon Islands all captured
-Americans boycott oil to Japan in 1941
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Summary
Japan invaded Manchuria due to its need for natural resources. Japan believed that it was the Superior Asian race.
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"After pondering deeply the general trends of the world and the actual conditions obtaining in our empire today. We have decided to effect a settlement of the present situation by resorting to an extraordinary measure." -Gyokuon-hōsō
Subjunctive Question
If the nuclear bombs weren't used on Japan would anything else of stopped them?