All assets were frozen but most harmful was lack of oil. This greatly threatened Japan's industries as 80 percent of its oil came from the United States. ... Yamaoto's weapon Yamamoto relied on Japan's new weapon, the aircraft carrier. 355 planes would take off from 6 aircraft carriers: the first time in history this sort of tactic was used. ... The weapon of choice for the ships was the torpedo which was specially improved for this battle. ... Fuchida's Weapons The plan for the aerial attack was lead by Lt. ...

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In June 1941, Japan forces occupied southern Indochina and in response, the Netherlands, Britain, and the U.S. cut off all exports to the Japanese, leaving them with very little steel, iron, oil, and other vital resources. In extreme anger, Japan tried many ways to find a source for oil and other minerals but couldn't find a way. ... Are our lives and the lives of our neighboring countries so much less important than taking over a country, or gaining some oil and steel, or being the most powerful nation in the world? ... Perfectly stated by a genius, Albert Einstein says, "I know not with...

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And later America decided to use atomic weapons to end the war with Japan. ... The U.S. also cut off shipments of oil and raw materials to Japan. ... Before President Roosevelt's death in office he was weighing the choice to launch an attack on Japan or to use the new secret weapon, the atomic bomb. ...

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The Americans logic was that without access to goods and money, and other supplies such as oil, Japan would have to put a leash on their imperialism that threatened China. ... Japan relied on their new weapon, the aircraft carrier. ... The main weapon for the ships was the torpedo, which was specially modified for the Pearl Harbor attack. ... Also, the Pearl Harbor attack left the naval base's most important amenities - oil storage depots, submarine docks, repair shops, shipyards – unharmed (MacMillian). ...

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America is tight with isreal, thats why the whole iraq deal happened, why desert storm was such a huge success was because iraq wasn't able to get isreal involved you see because once it hit isreal, isreal would come back that would provoke all the other Arab nations to jump in so saddam now is basically saying yeah america hit me and ill hit Israel and you'll see what will happen.everyone says we go over there for oil, no in 1991 when the war first started schartzcof *dont know how to spell his name but was the general in charge of desert storm* any way right before it started ame...

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After receiving an M.B.A from Harvard in 1975, Bush returned to Midland to eventually start his own oil and gas firm, while there, he married a teacher and librarian, Laura Welch (Greenstein 389). George spent the following few years building his business until the eventual collapse of oil prices which left him no option but to sell his company. ... When Saddam made it publicly clear that he was not going to leave, Bush immediately ordered the invasion of Iraq, called Operation Iraqi freedom, to look for nuclear weapons and to stabilize their new Government (Kean 98). In 2004 the ISG (Iraq S...

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The allies began feeling anxious by Japan's motives,and ultimately America,The Netherlands and The UK froze Japan's assets (scrap metal, oil etc.) in their respective countries and only gave Japan little of supplies they needed,which took away 90% of Japan's raw materials which were needed by Japan to help them in the war. ...

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