1. By: Ahmari, Delia, & Shannon
Embargo on Japan
By: Ahmari, Delia, & Shannon

2. Relations Prior to Embargo
Relations between Japan and U.S. had been strained
Japan had to ask permission to purchase oil and eventually Japan had to have a license to purchase aircraft engines and strategic materials.
U.S. forced Japan to look elsewhere for supplies, mainly Indochina
During the fall of 1940 President
Roosevelt forbad oil shipments to
Japan

3. Japan’s Threat
U.S. refused contact with Japan until they left China, which they refused to do.
As a response to the oil embargo Japan called for a preemptive strike against the U.S. Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor.
Japan threatened to attack unless a diplomatic tie was to happen between the U.S. and Japan the emperor would declare an attack in December.

4. Aspects of the Embargo
Japan advancements forces them to rely on outside resources
Export Control Act: Allows
president to license or
prohibit the export of
defense material

5. The Embargo
Embargo on scrap iron and steel for places other than Britain and nations on the western hemisphere - mostly aimed at Japan
US led the embargo on important grades of oil, and the British and the Dutch followed along as well.

6. Timeline
Roosevelt refused to trade with Japan starting on July 26, 1941
Japan only had enough oil to last three years if they didn’t go to war and only about half that much if they did go to war
Japan immediately invaded Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City) on July 28, 1941

7. Timeline (cont.)
If Japan could gain control of Southeast Asia, they would also control the region’s rubber and tin production which would be a hard blow to the West
Instead of ending their occupation in order to somewhat coerce us to drop the embargo, Japan chose to stay in Indochina until 1945

8. Works Cited
Greaves, Jr., Percy L. "US-Japanese Relations before WWII." November 11, Accessed September 8, 2014.
Hsu Long-hsuen, and Chang Ming-kai, History of The Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) 2nd Ed., Translated by Wen Ha-hsiung, Chung Wu Publishing; 33, 140th Lane, Tung-hwa Street, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China. Pg. 317
Schmuck, Jessica, Bailey Troy, and Savannah Byrne. "Embargo Act." World War II. Accessed September 8, 2014.
"United States freezes Japanese assets." History.com. A&E Television Networks, n.d. Web. 9 Sept