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Originally Posted by AmateurFlix
That I was aware of but my understanding of this was that Japan was already at war with these other countries throughout Asia that they were trying to build into this 'empire'. Surely you don't blame the US for not wanting to help Japan to do this? The US may have expected some type of hostile response but to say it was actively provoked or justified is another thing entirely.
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The US told Japan to cease and desist in their invasion of China and threatened a Naval blockade if Japan did not comply. Japan is an island that cannot even feed its people and has virtually no natural resources thus it had a major decision to make...comply or fight. Unfortunately they made the wrong decision. BTW they did not ever expect to win a war with the US...but did expect to buy themselves enough time to consolidate their expansion into Asia and then sue for a peace with the US.