From: "Rostyslaw J. Lewyckyj"
Date: 10/22/2003 1:48 PM Central Daylight Time
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Stuart Wilkes wrote:

"Snuffy Smith" wrote in message
. net...

Don't forget to tell us about all the raw materials Uncle Joe sent to Nazi
Germany.

As well as the raw materials the US sent to Japan.

Stuart Wilkes

Did the US have a pact with Japan, similar to the Stalin Hitler,
Molotov Ribbentrop pact to divide Europe between them?


The U.S. cut off raw material shipments to Japan as a result Japan's
misbehaviour in China. The Japanese rationale for attacking the U.S. was to
ensure they could take the Dutch oil fields, the Philipines etc uninterrupted
for control of their resources. Estimates were Japan had about 6 months before
running out of strategic resources at the time of Pearl Harbour.

My personal opinion is the Pearl Harbour attacks were a waste of time since
Japan could have expanded into the areas without much more than a yell or two
from the U.S..

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired