Japans Need for Natural Resources
- Invasion of Manchuria begins this process in 1937
- Sphere of influence across the Pacific (Greater East Asian Co-prosperity sphere)
- Coal, iron and rubber in Dutch east Indies
- Indo-China, Taiwan, Mainland China, Philippines and Solomon Islands all captured
- Americans boycott oil to Japan in 1941
Summary
The invasion of Manchuria was the beginning of the process in 1937. The Japan wanted Coal, iron and rubber from the Dutch. Americans boycott oil to Japan in 1941.