Japan’s 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
•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 by the Japanese first occurred in 1937. The Japanese needed coal, iron and rubber in the Dutch East Indies therefore they captured Taiwan, Mainland China, Philippines and the Solomon Islands for resources.