While being bombarded from the sky, a naval blockade strangled Japan's ability to import oil and other vital minerals, and its ability to produce war materials (Long). ... In the course of time, the effective naval blockade would have starved the Japanese into submission through a lack of oil, rice, medicine, and other essential materials, according to Chief of the U.S. ...

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