Wisdom Wednesday Pile of Prep – Few ‘Membah Pearl Harbor Day & What REALLY Caused It: ‘Murican Sanctions On Japan
Hodierna Verba Veritatis et Sapientiae "The Roosevelt administration, while curtly dismissing Japanese diplomatic overtures to harmonize relations, accordingly imposed a series of increasingly stringent economic sanctions on Japan. In 1939, the United States terminated the 1911 commercial treaty with Japan. "On July 2, 1940, Roosevelt signed the Export Control Act, authorizing the President to license or prohibit the export of essential defense materials." Under this authority, "[o]n July 31, exports […]