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<blockquote data-quote="Caustic Burno" data-source="post: 1078298" data-attributes="member: 694"><p>Partially true the Japs were at war with England and all of Asia in there quest for natural resources as well as because of their alliance with Germany and Italy. Roosevelt wanted in the fray that is true, the American people didn't.</p><p>They were after Singapore that resulted in the largest military defeat of British forces in history, over 100,000 British troops surrendered to a much smaller Japanese force. There main goal was the Dutch East Indies for oil that is one reason they bombed Port of Darwin Australia.</p><p>Manchuria had been taken a few years earlier for there coal reserves. Japan was determined to rule the south Pacific and the only thing standing in their way was the US Pacific fleet. Japan hoped by taking out the US fleet the US would sue for peace leaving them in total control of South East Asia. Japanese leaders knew they could not sustain a war with the US over 18 to 24 months.</p><p>With the US putting an oil embargo on Japan they had to take out the US fleet as they would only have enough reserves from there conquest to control the region not fight a protracted war across the Pacific.</p><p></p><p>Taking out Singapore and Pearl gave them total dominance over the South Pacific.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Caustic Burno, post: 1078298, member: 694"] Partially true the Japs were at war with England and all of Asia in there quest for natural resources as well as because of their alliance with Germany and Italy. Roosevelt wanted in the fray that is true, the American people didn't. They were after Singapore that resulted in the largest military defeat of British forces in history, over 100,000 British troops surrendered to a much smaller Japanese force. There main goal was the Dutch East Indies for oil that is one reason they bombed Port of Darwin Australia. Manchuria had been taken a few years earlier for there coal reserves. Japan was determined to rule the south Pacific and the only thing standing in their way was the US Pacific fleet. Japan hoped by taking out the US fleet the US would sue for peace leaving them in total control of South East Asia. Japanese leaders knew they could not sustain a war with the US over 18 to 24 months. With the US putting an oil embargo on Japan they had to take out the US fleet as they would only have enough reserves from there conquest to control the region not fight a protracted war across the Pacific. Taking out Singapore and Pearl gave them total dominance over the South Pacific. [/QUOTE]
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