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How did japan react to the embargo?

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Once the steel and oil embargo was placed on Japan they were furious and in dire straits. They only had a two year reserved of oil. They decided to go after the oil in other countries by invading them. They attacked the USA in Pearl Harbor Hawaii to prevent the USN from coming after the Japanese in the Dutch East Indies.

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