Tensions over Japanese expansion in China and the Western oil embargoes that led to the "Southern Plan".
Geographically the largest theater of WWII, involving the Pacific, Indian Oceans, and East/Southeast Asia. WWII – Battle Over The Pacific
The Pacific War was decided by American industrial might, strategic air and naval superiority, and the brutal "island-hopping" campaign that eventually brought the war to the Japanese home islands. II. The Rising Tide (1941–1942) The Pacific Strategy, 1941-1944 | The National WWII Museum Tensions over Japanese expansion in China and the