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the war in the pacific

Japan signed
Japanese expansion in East Asia
the Tripartite Pact with Germany and
began in with the invasion of Italy, thus entering the military alliance

Manchuria and continued in known as the "Axis."

with a brutal attack on China.

Japan launched a
Faced with severe shortages of oil and
Seeking to curb Japanese surprise attack on
other natural resources and driven by the
aggression and force a ambition to displace the United States as

withdrawal of Japanese forces the dominant Pacific power, Japan the United States
from Manchuria and China, the Pacific fleet at Pearl
decided to attack the United States and
United States imposed British forces in Asia and seize the Harbor, Hawaii,

economic sanctions on Japan.
resources of Southeast Asia.

The attack severely damaged the In response, the United States declared
American fleet and prevented, at war on Japan. Following Germany's

least for the short term, serious declaration of war on the United States,

American interference with the United States also declared war on
Japanese military operations. Germany.