>>14702965Japan occupied less than one fifth of China in World War II while it raped all of Southeast Asia after crushing American, Dutch and British forces there.
Japan never occupied Shaanxi, Gansu, Sichuan, Guizhou, Qinghai, most of Yunnan, west Hunan, west Suiyuan, west Guangxi, west Hubei, south Jiangxi, interior Fujian during the war against China.
China's ancient cities Xi'an (Chang'an), Chongqing, Chengdu never fell under Japanese occupation.
Japan's war against China for an entire 3 years were only made possible by American oil and steel.
America did not embargo Japan until Japan invaded French Indochina in 1940, which Japan did because China crushed the Japanese army at Kunlun pass in Guangxi near the border with French Indochina, killing Japanese general Masao Nakamura and preventing the Japanese from cutting off Chinese fuel imports from France via French Indochina
Japan was forced to invade French Indochina itself to cut China off and totally blockade China since it failed to cut off China's land borders with France.
Britain already agreed with Japan to cut off China from resupply over land via British Burma aka Myanmar.
From 1937 to 1940, the US exported a total of $ 986.7 million to Japan.The total value of military supplies was $703.9 million.During the war of aggression against China, 54.4% of Japan's weapons and supplies were provided by Americans.
So, should we thank the US?
https://twitter.com/asiainww2/status/1173093135926353920Sep 15, 1939: American oil companies unveil contracts to deliver three million barrels of petroleum to Japanese Navy
