HISTORY 126B Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Axis Powers, Isoroku Yamamoto
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Japan decides to expand its war: everything japan was doing in china brought a lot of destruction but also consolidated chinese opposition + gain support for nationalist government of. But germans knew they would eventually go to war against us anyway >germany told japan that they would gladly back them up if. Would help germany get a great navy before us could build their two- ocean navy: july 1941: japanese forces occupied southern part of french indo-china. Instead of helping germany + italy against soviets now japan didn"t have to worry about someone attacking them from the back. Moved away from concentrating on war against china. Us already reduced trade + embargoed oil when southern indo-china occupied. They were still trying to look for peaceful end but that wouldn"t work: japanese attacked us before germans defeated outside of moscow big, japanese attacked us before germans defeated outside of moscow big mistake.
