Without that oil the gains made in China would collapse, the attack south
was always meant to be a limited operation to secure resource

I don't think that an attack waged on a 4,000-mile front could fairly
be called limited.

It was intended to be a six-month operation, followed by a lifetime
occupation of a defense zone too vast to be challenged by the U.S.
navy. But the hoped-for brevity of the war doesn't suggest that it was
minor. After all, Germany invaded and occupied most of continental
Europe in nine months. That wasn't limited!
all the best -- Dan Ford
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