Transcription: In September of 1940, Japan signed the Tripartite Pact with Germany and Italy, which only served to increase U.S. determination to oppose Japanese expansion. Roosevelt authorized two more large loans to China, and Britain reopened the Burma Road. 1941 saw further Japanese expansion into Indochina. The United States responded by freezing all Japanese assets and banning the sale of aircraft fuel to Japan. Both Britain and the Netherlands imposed the same sanctions, which cut the Japanese off from virtually all of their fuel sources. Diplomatic relations between the United States and Japan were a ...
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