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A new goverment formed in Japan under Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai following the resignation of PM Nobuyuki Abe
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The British close down the Burma Road supply route to China in an effort to avoid war with Japan
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In an effort to disrupt the Japanese war economy, the US goverment enacts a restrictive licensing program for its export of important steel and oil products
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Japanese forces enter Frecnh Indochina now being governed by French Vichy
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The axis powers of Germany, Italy, and Japan strengthen their ties through the Tripartite which makes an enemy of an ally an enemy of all
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The Dutch East Indies goverment and Japan agree to a six months long transfer of oil.
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Japan formally recongnizes the puppet regime of China led by President Wang Cing-wei
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United states vessels capture some sixty-five ships aligned with the axis powers
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The Japanese fleet leaves home port and heads to Hawaii
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An attack against America is now deemed imminent though the consensus being that it will occur againsts intrests somewhere in southeast asia
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American President Franklin Roosevelt sends a final peace appeal to the empire of Japan to which there is no answer.