![]() ![]() The oil embargo placed on Japan by the US threatened Japan's expansion plan for its empire, so while they made diplomatic efforts to get the embargo lifted (on terms to still be allowed to take over desired territories), they prepared for war. ![]() They viewed Europe's power through their massive empires, and they emulated by invading and conquering other Asian countries. This section lists the naval battles between the United States and Japan in chronological order during World War II. Because of its very limited resources, Japan realized it needed natural resources to industrialize and compete with the West. Ukraine has launched land and sea drone attacks on the major Crimean navy port of Sevastopol. With the arrival of Perry, Japan realized they were behind the Western world (Europe and America), and from the start of the Meiji (Enlightenment) Era in 1868, Japan began sending people to Europe and America to learn everything they could in order to catch up with the West. (Image: National Archives and Records Administration, 80-G-414423. Perry demanded Japan to open to trade with the West. Top Image: The USS Yorktown is hit on the port side by a torpedo launched from a plane off the Japanese aircraft carrier Hiryu during the Battle of Midway on June 4, 1942. Perry arrived on Japan's shore in 1853, Japan had been a mostly closed country for the previous 250 years, strictly regulating interactions and trade with foreigners. Japan was fully aware of America's power. ![]()
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