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Would Japan have been better off and avoided all out war in 1941 with the US if it had just grabbed the East Indies oil that it really wanted?
What do you think would have happened if Japan had been successful in securing the East Indies oil but still attacked the US?
If Japan had been able to secure the resources they needed without needing to involve the US, the attack on Pearl Harbor may not have taken place. However, it is difficult to predict what might have happened in that scenario, as the geopolitical landscape of the time was complex and unpredictable. It's possible that tensions between Japan and the US could have escalated in other ways, leading to conflict regardless.