The Japanese action followed by about 10 days America's first postwar trade retaliation against Japan.

It seemed to leave open the possibility that some Japanese actions were motivated by self-defense or were the result of accidents.

However, the Japanese actions did not achieve their objective, as the Chinese defenders continued to resist.

In exchange, it had lost 44 aircraft, though only 17 were due to Japanese action.

Reasons for Slowness The factors hampering quick Japanese action are varied.

The goal would be to offset the Japanese action and keep currency values constant.

Phibun assured the country that the Japanese action was pre-arranged with a sympathetic Thai government.

The cities were almost undefended and no B-29s were lost to Japanese actions.

At the League of Nations in Geneva the Japanese actions were condemned.

He even wrote to Hitler to complain about the Japanese actions.