My buddy said that america cut of japans oil supply and thats why pearl harbor happened is this true?

Just wondering, He said that America wanted a attack from Japan so we could get into the war so we cut off there oil supply.My buddy said that america cut of japans oil supply and thats why pearl harbor happened is this true?
Japan was playin dirty...My buddy said that america cut of japans oil supply and thats why pearl harbor happened is this true?
There is argument both for and against that the American government wanted Japan to attack. I really don't know, and I doubt anyone ever will.








But the American government did cut off Japan's oil supply to weaken it for the purpose of limiting their inroads into trading with other Asian countries; countries we wanted sole access to.





That was the main reason for why we cut off their oil supply, and the major reason for the TIMING of their attack; it would probably have come much later or not at all if we had not cut off their oil supply. Doesn't mean the American government WANTED the attack, but it was one of the reasons that it came and at that time.
In a way, but remember it was a decades long friction between the US and Japan. The embargo of oil happened because of Japan's war against China. The reason are too many and varied to really discuss here. One good thing to read about is the US military war plans (operation Orange) which will give you a lot more information about US intelligence and what they thought about the Japanese. Also another good source is letters from Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto will give you a good idea of the Japanese position as well.





A complex answer which really a person saying oil was the biggest part never really understood the realations between the two countries.
We interfered with their supply. Most historians agree we provoked them, but were not expecting a full blown military response, but rather an Incident that we could exploit.





We were already supplying China with planes and pilots (Bah Bah Black Sheep) and were looking to butt in on our own terms.





[In 1940, Japan occupied French Indochina (Vietnam) upon agreement with the French Vichy government, and joined the Axis powers Germany and Italy. These actions intensified Japan's conflict with the United States and Great Britain which reacted with an oil boycott. The resulting oil shortage and failures to solve the conflict diplomatically made Japan decide to capture the oil rich Dutch East Indies (Indonesia) and to start a war with the US and Great Britain.]





They fooled us.
Partially... Japan had been blockaded by the US for several months prior to the attacks.





The US has not been attacked by any nation unprovoked since 1812. All the wars we have been in have been optional %26amp; voluntary, and many of them, to some degree, as a result of blowback from our own policies.





There is also good evidence that they knew the attack was coming.. not necessarily Peral Harbor, but somewhere.





Our government %26amp; schools revised history %26amp; lied to us? Shocking. Next you'll tell me that they forced sterilization upon those they deemed less worthy... oh, wait, that really happened too...
The U.S. wasn't happy with Japan invading China and the ensuing atrocities they committed, but they also found out that Japan was planning on attacking SE Asia, which could have included the U.S. territories of The Philippines and Guam. To make an invasion immensely difficult for them, they cut off their oil supplies.
There is some truth to the fact that Japan feared a loss of access to raw materials, not just oil and this did contribute to their attack on America. But America was more worried about the war in Europe than the Pacific at the time.
Japan's emperor was hellbent on world domination...and made a pact with Hitler to do it. Hitler didn't want the ';sleeping giant'; to be awakened, but Japan did it...to their demise. Read your history book or look it up online.
no, that is not true.





slap your friend for me.
Your friend is very confused....call him a punk ***/slap him and say good night....LOL