"World War II, the atomic bomb, the Cold War, made it hard for Americans to continue their optimism."
- Stephen Ambrose
- Stephen Ambrose
Japan's Need for Natural Resources
- Invasion of Manchuria begins this process in 1937
- Sphere of influence across the Pacific (Greater East Asian Co-prosperity sphere)
- Indo-China, Taiwan, Mainland China, Philippines and Solomon Islands will all trade together
- 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)
- Indo-China, Taiwan, Mainland China, Philippines and Solomon Islands will all trade together
- 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
Following the Invasion of Manchuria in 1937, Japan bears witness to a spere of influence across the Pacific igniting the desire for natural resources in Japan. Coal, Iron and Rubber are all very much desired raw materials during this time. In 1941, Americans boycott oil in Japan.