Before WW2, the US embargoed a whole ton of oil exports to Japan, and this is widely seen as forcing the hand of their expansionist aims into attacking the Phillipenes and Pear Harbor at the same time.
eeee someone was listening to my rants (or their history professor’s rants) i am so happy
I think we both at one point, roughly a week ago, in the same thread, were going on about how the pre WW2 US oil embargo of Japan was a big fucking deal…
Yeah, I got a 5 in AP US History, and all I have to show for it is a massive and terrifying sense of historical irony.
eeee someone was listening to my rants (or their history professor’s rants) i am so happy
I think we both at one point, roughly a week ago, in the same thread, were going on about how the pre WW2 US oil embargo of Japan was a big fucking deal…
Yeah, I got a 5 in AP US History, and all I have to show for it is a massive and terrifying sense of historical irony.
hooray
and soon to be cirrhosis if this damn president doesn’t finish elvising himself godsdammit
Stay strong brother, if for no other reason than to be able to piss on his grave.