In the late 1930’s Imperialistic Japan grew increasingly belligerent threatening war with the
United States. As the world grew unstable leading up to World War Two, Japan made war with China starting a violent conflict in Asia. Skeptical Americans grew weary towards Japan which led to restricted relations. Between Japan rising as a super-power and America denying their needs, an attack on
America became highly anticipated. Japan’s want for power created a global war with the United States.
After World War One, Japan took it upon itself to become one of the world’s mightiest superpower. Becoming an imperialistic power, Japan grew a thirst for land and resources, so they invaded resourceful Manchuria in 1937, initiating a conflict in Asia with China. They occupied a lot of the land and
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Japan could keep the conflict in Asia going with the aid of an ally, but it needed resources, and most of its recourses came from America.
America, who was trying to remain an isolationist, was pressured by the effects of the world.
Nations were now seeing the rise of totalitarian governments with ruthless dictators. The moral of
Americans became conflicting as they were giving ruthless Japanese the fuel, oil, steel, and scrap iron they need to kill more and more Chinese. Then in 1939, when Hitler invaded Poland, a World War erupted. Soon after, France fell and formed the Vichy Regime. When the Battle of Britain ensued,
Americans changed their isolationist frame of mind. When Americans finally started helping the Allies in the Battle for the Atlantic, Japanese discontent grew for the Americans. Japanese-American tensions rose when Japanese aviators bombed and sank an American gunboat. As Imperialistic Japan expanded its empire far east, America decided to implement the first of its embargoes on Japan-bound supplies, infuriating the Japanese.
Then on December 7, 1941, the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, an American naval base.