Japan's Need for Natural Resources
- Invasion of Manchuria begins this process
- 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, Phillipines and solomon islands all captured
- Americans Boycotted the Japanese
Summary
The Japanese invade the East indies in order to gain necessary resources. Americans stop supplying Japan with resources as they are at war with each other (Pearl Harbour)