It was often the cases of self interest that these two nations resorted too. In Manchuria, Britain and France were unwilling to send their armies nor fleets, in Abyssinia, they did not close the Suez Canal , which could have stopped Mussolini's invasion and they did not ban important war materials such as coal, oil and steel. The USSR was the only country powerful enough to send troops to force the aggressors into accepting the League's wishes, but they weren't in the League. Without the USA, the League was permanently weakened. Had the USA been in the league, Japan wouldn't have conquered Manchuria and Mussolini would have backed off Abyssinia.
Japan wanted to acquire their oil and other resources from Indochina (peninsula containing Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam.) The US threatened Japan to withdraw from Indochina, but the Japanese felt they had no choice. Japan did not want to withdraw from Indochina, and with the US, Britain and Netherlands freezing their assets, Japan felt there was no choice but war. To understand why Japan decided to start a war we need to understand the events that led up to the Pearl Harbor attack. It began with Japan’s desire for growth that brought them into conflict with the colonial powers.
John Hughes and Benjamin Franklin came up with the Stamp Act which many people did not like. (DOC G) John Hughes was beggining to run the government down into nothing. Which would cause more taxes for the Americans and whatnot. The Americans would really begin to not like John Hughes and want to separate from Britian even more. So these were some of the reasons tt the American colones separated from the British.
Ms. Maria Hernandez Professor Dr. Botson History 1302 MF 10:00 AM -12:00 PM The reasons Japan attacked the US was for the access to natural resources such as oil, rubber, coal rice and tin through Southeast Asia. This also was a preventive action which kept the US Pacific Fleet ships from interfering with military actions. In addition, Japan and US had tensions and hostility since the 1920s and with the attacks on the USS Panay and the Nanking Massacre the Americans’ public opinion turn against Japan resulting in a Western fear of Japanese expansion. Furthermore, Japan invaded Indochina in 1940 leading US to stop shipments of airplanes, parts, machine tools and gasoline therefore Japan interpreted as an unfriendly act.
The group that suffered a great deal - proportional to their income - was the middle class. Their hard earned savings disappeared overnight. They did not have the wealth or land to fall back on as the rich had. Many middle class families had to sell family heirlooms to survive. It is not surprising that many of those middle class, who suffered in 1923, were to turn to Hitler and the Nazi Party.
How did American influence or dictate the outcome of World War Two though its unofficial involvement as a neutral nation, through its role in Europe and through its role in the Pacific? America did not want to get involved in the second world war. America was a neutral nation at the time. Though through Cash and Carry, Lend-Lease and gaining military power America had a role in World War Two while maintaining neutrality. Americans did not want to enter the war because they thought they had enough to deal with on their own such as the Great Depression.
Why We Fight On December 7, 1941, the Japanese attacked upon American naval forces and air defenses at Pearl Harbor. This event gave Franklin Roosevelt the justification he needed to enter the United States in World War II. Other than that there were additional motivations for America’s entrance into the war. In 1931 Japanese invaded Manchuria. American had good relations with China so they told Japan if they don’t leave they will stop trading oil with them.
The U.S. wanted to stop Japanese expansion but the Americans were not willing to go to war to stop it. The U.S. demanded that Japan with draw from China and Indochina. The negotiations that was supposed to solve their differences hadn't been going well in fact this made Japanese more aggressive and that’s when Japan decided to launch a surprise attack on Pearl Harbour thinking America would lose it’s great naval power. The Japanese military was asked to devise a war plan. They expected the U.S. to declare war but not to be willing to fight long or hard enough to win.
During that time, most of their resources especially oil were coming from the USA. The USA did not approve of Japanese aggression in China and they declared an embargo on Japan. This means they would stop supplying Japan with raw materials, like oil. This angered the Japanese, so they attacked Pearl Harbour. Pearl Harbour was the chosen destination to attack as it had one of the largest US military ports, so this would cause them a dis-advantage.
This brought the Navigation Acts. These acts were to regulate trade for Britain's own benefits and forced colonists to trade almost only with England. The king of England also felt that the colonies were there only to make the mother country rich. The colonists felt that King George did not care about them but instead their money. This did not pass by the colonists'