Japan's Grab for natural resources
•Invasion of Manchuria begins this process in 1937
•Sphere of influence across the Pacific (Greater East Asian Co-prosperity 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-prosperity 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
summery
Forces from the Allies attempted unsuccessfully to defend the islands. Indonesia was targeted by the Japanese for its rich oil resources, which would become a vital asset during the war. American stopped providing oil to Japan.
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