Would the Great Depression end earlier if Japan declared war on the US earlier

If Japan Pearl Harbour'd in 1933, would that end the Great Depression?


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Just a thought.
Say that, out of some strange thought process by the Imperial High Command, the Japanese attempt a Pearl Harbour in the early-to-mid-1930s.
How would Roosevelt, or Hoover for that matter, respond to the invasion? Would they recall the fleet to stateside and Panama? Would they encourage a massive buildup programme? Would such decisions end the Depression quicker?
Interested in comments and questions.
 

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Just a thought.
Say that, out of some strange thought process by the Imperial High Command, the Japanese attempt a Pearl Harbour in the early-to-mid-1930s.
How would Roosevelt, or Hoover for that matter, respond to the invasion? Would they recall the fleet to stateside and Panama? Would they encourage a massive buildup programme? Would such decisions end the Depression quicker?
Interested in comments and questions.
Why would they?

It took a very certain degree of circumstances for Japan to believe itself to have no other option then to attack the USA.
 
There might be a sharp reaction to Japan's aggression. I guess serious sanctions might have provoked a declaration of war, which is to some degree what happened in otl.
 
Why would they?

It took a very certain degree of circumstances for Japan to believe itself to have no other option then to attack the USA.

I was trying to make a scenario that'd force the US into war early in the 1930s, and wondering what effects it'd have in revitalising the economy - less interested in what Japan's motive would've been, actually.
 
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