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Originally Posted by Lt.Fillipidis
One thing i just remembered reading the post of Torplexed.
Japan's main oil supplier was USA. About 90% of Japan's oil imports were originated from USA. The embargo could easily cripple IJN. Quite provocative move in such a little time, in my opinion.
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What else were they supposed to do? Let Japan gobble up the rest of East Asia?
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I wont ask what the hell was France doing in indochina. Probably the same what Britain was doing in africa and India or America in the pacific.
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That was pretty ironic, though it should be remembered that Axis control of those areas would be much worse.
