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Japanese schoolgirls training with a machinegun for the anticipated American invasion of Japan, WW2, 1945
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I thought it was copper? Ah, looks like both were factors. And we wanted them to leave all their neighbors alone.
Oh I'm not going to say that pre-WW2 America was benevolent or anything like that. We bought Guam and the Philippines from Spain and were perfectly happy for France to have Vietnam. It's a good clarification though, thanks.