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Japans stora brist på olja (och därigenom även på drivmedel), var iofs huvudanledning till att Japan attackerade USA; till att Japan lyckades dåligt med sina krigsinsatser och tvingades till okonventionell krigsföring (som tex användandet av kamikaze-flygplan, som bara behövde drivmedel för att ta sig till målet, men inte därifrån); samt till att Japan slutligen förlorade kriget.
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In 1940 Japan invaded French Indochina (current Vietnam). This prompted the United States to embargo all oil exports, leading the Imperial Japanese Navy to estimate it had less than a year of oil remaining and to seize oil resources in the Dutch East Indies (current Indonesia). Planning had been underway for some time on an attack on this "Southern Resource Area."
The U.S. froze Japanese assets on July 26, 1941, and on August 1 established an embargo on oil and gasoline exports to Japan. The oil embargo was an especially strong response because oil was Japan's most crucial import, and more than 80% of Japan's oil at the time came from the United States.
Japanese war planners had long looked south, especially to Brunei for oil and Malaya for rubber and tin. In the autumn of 1940, Japan requested 3.15 million barrels of oil from the Dutch East Indies, but received a counteroffer of only 1.35 million.
The Japanese Navy was certain that any attempt to seize this region would bring the U.S. into the war. However, the complete U.S. oil embargo reduced Japanese options to two: seize Southeast Asia before its existing stocks of strategic materials were depleted, or submission to American demands.
The U.S. froze Japanese assets on July 26, 1941, and on August 1 established an embargo on oil and gasoline exports to Japan. The oil embargo was an especially strong response because oil was Japan's most crucial import, and more than 80% of Japan's oil at the time came from the United States.
Japanese war planners had long looked south, especially to Brunei for oil and Malaya for rubber and tin. In the autumn of 1940, Japan requested 3.15 million barrels of oil from the Dutch East Indies, but received a counteroffer of only 1.35 million.
The Japanese Navy was certain that any attempt to seize this region would bring the U.S. into the war. However, the complete U.S. oil embargo reduced Japanese options to two: seize Southeast Asia before its existing stocks of strategic materials were depleted, or submission to American demands.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Even...n_Pearl_Harbor
USAs oljeembargo mot Japan, var huvudanledning till att Japan attackerade Pearl Harbor. Och därefter drevs den japanska krigsstrategin huvudsakligen av målet att säkra Japans tillgång till olja. Det var därför som Japan invaderade Sydostasien.
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Facing an oil embargo by the United States as well as dwindling domestic reserves, the Japanese government decided to bomb the United States naval base in Hawaii, thereby bringing the United States to World War II on the side of the Allies.
The Japanese then seized the key oil production zones of the Dutch East Indies, defeating the Dutch forces. However, Allied sabotage had made it difficult for the Japanese to restore oil production to its pre-war peak. The Japanese then consolidated their lines of supply through capturing key islands of the Pacific, including Guadalcanal.
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Further victories by the Allies at Guadalcanal in September 1942, and New Guinea in 1943 put the Empire of Japan on the defensive for the remainder of the war, with Guadalcanal in particular sapping their already-limited oil supplies.
The Japanese then seized the key oil production zones of the Dutch East Indies, defeating the Dutch forces. However, Allied sabotage had made it difficult for the Japanese to restore oil production to its pre-war peak. The Japanese then consolidated their lines of supply through capturing key islands of the Pacific, including Guadalcanal.
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Further victories by the Allies at Guadalcanal in September 1942, and New Guinea in 1943 put the Empire of Japan on the defensive for the remainder of the war, with Guadalcanal in particular sapping their already-limited oil supplies.
Givet att bristen på drivmedel från olja, som diesel, var viktig anledning till att Japan förlorade kriget, så känns det märkligt att argumentera för att landets dieseldrivna fartyg fungerade väl?
Kina har för övrigt exakt samma svaghet idag, som Japan hade under Andra världskriget: Kina har i princip inga egna oljekällor, utan måste importera all olja. Det mesta genom sjötransporter från platser långt bort: Mellanöstern (Iran) och Afrika (Angola, Nigeria). Alla dessa transporter går genom Malacca-sundet, och kan i en krigsssituation strypas av USA och dess allierade.
Det här enorma beroendet av utländsk olja, som all måste passera samma få geografiska choke points på sin väg till Kina, är Kinas akilleshäl. USA och dess allierade skulle med relativ lätthet kunna strypa Kinas oljetillförsel, och därigenom släcka ner hela landet, inklusive stora delar av dess militär, nästan som genom att trycka på en strömbrytare. Kina har reserver, men inga reserver i världen kan försörja världens näst största ekonomi med 1,4 miljarder människor, under mer än några månader.
Se där ytterligare en anledning till att Kina inte invaderar Taiwan!
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Senast redigerad av Diktatur-Kina 2019-08-05 kl. 02:45.
Senast redigerad av Diktatur-Kina 2019-08-05 kl. 02:45.
