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sharksnut t1_iy1j146 wrote

Reply to comment by Seienchin88 in On April 2, 1941, a Japanese foreign minister asked Pope Pius XII to speak to U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt, so as to avert "a war of mutual destruction” by marketrent

>the US embargoed Japan‘s access to oil meaning the Japanese Empire was mere month away from collapsing

They had the entire rest of the world from whom to purchase oil.

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Nickrobl t1_iy1mr33 wrote

The list of possible exporters for Japan in 1940 is much smaller than you might expect, especially when the US/UK/Dutch cut you off and pressure their allies and companies to do likewise.

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sharksnut t1_iy1son9 wrote

>UK/Dutch cut you off

Again, which have nothing to do with the US embargo

If you've alienated multiple trading partners with your genocidal ways, that's on you

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SuperSocrates t1_iy1lq0l wrote

It’s kinda hard to just replace 80% of your oil supply

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sharksnut t1_iy1t3cw wrote

Right, so maybe Step 1 is throttle down your push for expansionist empire rather than throttle up genocide and war crimes

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