Japanese Need for Natural ResourcesSummaryThe Japanese invasion of Manchuria began Japan's need for natural resources. Japan was part of the Greater East Asia Co-prosperity sphere. Japan found coal, iron and rubber in the Dutch East Indies. They also captured Indo-China, Taiwan, Mainland China, Philippines and Solomon Islands in hope to find resources. Americans cut off oil to Japan in 1941.
Quote"Most of the men are stricken with dysentery...Starvation is taking many lives and it is weakening our already extended lines. We are doomed." -Major-General Kensaku Oda (Referring to the state of Japanese troops on Guadalcanal)
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Subjunctive QuestionIf all the resources Japan needed were available how much would that affect their success?
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