What Significant Objective Motivated Japanese Expansion into Southeast Asia and the Pacific

question 73

Multiple Choice

What significant objective motivated Japanese expansion into Southeast Asia and the Pacific during 1940-1941?

• A) the intention of provoking the United States to attack Japan first at all costs
• B) the priority of defeating Chinese guerrilla fighters operating in Indochina
• C) a desire to reacquire the Philippines from the Americans who had seized the islands from Japan
• D) the hope of the Japanese army to stage an invasion of Australia
• E) the expansion's provision of access to vitally needed raw materials

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