> It's not as though that is the reason the US went to war with Japan.
I realize this, but WW2, for Japan, was mostly about taking over much of SE Asia and that would have happened regardless of them going to war with the US.
I think the popular American image of the wartime Japanese doesn't have much to do with that, although they certainly did brutalize the places they took over.
I realize this, but WW2, for Japan, was mostly about taking over much of SE Asia and that would have happened regardless of them going to war with the US.