Board Thread:Timeline Discussions/@comment-7559950-20130911012534/@comment-26154170-20160323095827

Didn't Japan invade the rest of Asia to gain access to raw materials not found in the Japanese archipelago (since it needed lots of it to support its new industrial base), and also to create buffer zones with Western powers? I also read somewhere that Japan only did Pearl Harbour because it interfered with its access to raw materials (didn't the United States put sanctions on oil prior to the attack?).