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== Background ==
In 1940, Japan invaded French Indochina, attempting to stymie the flow of supplies reaching China. The United States reacting with an Partial oil Embargo, apart of halted the shipments of airplanes, parts, machine tools, and aviation gasoline to Japan, which the latter perceived as an unfriendly act, Finally, by orders of the
The Japanese then decided to make a preventive action to keep the United States Pacific Fleet from interfering with their planned military actions in Southeast Asia against overseas territories of the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and the United States. Over the course of seven hours, there were coordinated Japanese attacks on the American-held Philippines, Guam, and Wake Island and on the British Empire in Malaya, Singapore, and Hong Kong.
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