The 200-Kilometer Corridor That Silently Strangled Japan’s Entire War Economy

The 200-Kilometer Corridor That Silently Strangled Japan’s Entire War Economy

In this episode, we examine The 200-Kilometer Corridor That Silently Strangled Japan’s Entire War Economy—a narrow stretch of ocean that quietly determined the fate of an empire. For years, Japan’s entire war machine depended on a fragile maritime artery carrying oil, bauxite, rubber, and food from Southeast Asia to the Home Islands. When this corridor collapsed under submarine attacks, codebreaking, and relentless convoy losses, Japan’s war economy unraveled almost overnight.

This is a micro-level look at how a single 200-kilometer corridor silently strangled Japan’s industry, grounded its fleet, and left the empire unable to fight a modern war.
A severed artery… and a war already lost.

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