Quote Originally Posted by Barmaley
Quote Originally Posted by Vesh
Well, it's not that simple with Japan. US demanded Japan to abandon Philippines that was kinda Japan's colony and main source of iron ore. Japan just could not give in to US demands.

War was inevitable. Both sides new it. US was clearly way stronger economically than Japan. And Japan's the only chance was exactly what they did. It didn't help them, but I cannot blame them for trying.
Jigga-what!?!? That's odd. I kind of thought that whole Spanish-American war thing gave us control of the Phillipines, not the Japanese (until they invaded it). I may not be an expert on Phillipine history, but I know that hostilities with Japan did NOT start b/c of some Japanese occupation of the Phillipines. That was after the war with the US was on. I think also the main resource that was of concern to the Japanese was not iron ore, but rather oil. If I recall correctly, this was an embargo they were threatened with before Pearl Harbor, and a prospect that really scared the hell out of them...
Exactly, The Phillipines were never under Japanese rule before Japan invaded in 1946 AFTER the US has granted them independance.