What was the cause of the pacific war?
japan signed a pact called the tripartite with Germany and Italy. That is what enter them into the military alliance known as the Axis. looking to stop the Japanese aggression and force a withdraw of the Japanese forces Manchuria and china, the united states placed economic success sanctions on japan. faced with very short shortages of oil and other natural resources and they were looking to bump the united states off the top as the greater pacific power. Japan decided to attack the united states and the British forces in Asia and seize the resources of the south east.
japan signed a pact called the tripartite with Germany and Italy. That is what enter them into the military alliance known as the Axis. looking to stop the Japanese aggression and force a withdraw of the Japanese forces Manchuria and china, the united states placed economic success sanctions on japan. faced with very short shortages of oil and other natural resources and they were looking to bump the united states off the top as the greater pacific power. Japan decided to attack the united states and the British forces in Asia and seize the resources of the south east.