1941

attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. “I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and filled him with a terrible resolve.” He meant that the Japanese had poked the U.S. awake and the Japanese were about to be swallowed. On December 7, 1941, the Japanese bombed the United States Naval fleet at Pearl Harbor. There was a lot of infrastructure damage and human lives lost as a result. America declared war on Japan on December 8, 1941. Admiral Yamamoto predicted that Japan…

and her roses. She would not give the roses to anyone, even the church and very rarely she would snip one and take it inside. Why would she when “[Her] grandmother planted these roses, and [her] mother tended to them, just as [she does]” (Jackson, 1941, P163)? Her roses meant the world to her. They were her prize possession and had cared for them dearly. The roses represent a strong family bond and make her feel connected with her mother and grandmother as if they were still there. It is truly…

How Jackie Robinson Affected how people saw black people In 1947 Jackie Robinson was the very first black to play in the MLB. He played for the Brooklyn Dodgers.In that same year he was the rookie of the year. In 1949 he was the league MVP and in 1955 he was the world series MVP. In this time period the MLB was very segregated and it was not allowed for blacks to play professionally. But Jackie Robinson changed that forever. He spoke out against segregation and proved that black people are…

Franklin McCain, Joseph McNeil and Ezell Blair. These were all black college students of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (Momodu). David Richmond was born April 20, 1941, Franklin McCain was born January 3, 1941, Joseph McNeil was born March 25, 1942, and Ezell Blair was born October 18, 1941 (“Greensboro Sit-Ins”). They were not allowed to eat at certain places, so…

what is our aim? I can answer in one word: Victory. Victory at all costs. Victory in spite of all terror. Victory however long and hard the road may be. For without victory there is no survival." Pearl Harbor was an attack that happened December 7, 1941. Pearl Harbor changed history in the United States of America because Pearl Harbor got the United States into World War II, World War II got the US out of the Great Depression, and Japanese were forced out of their homes. The United States…

After Nazi Germany invaded Lithuanian the situations for the Lithuanian Jews got worse. A panic grew within the Jewish community. Many Jewish men fled right because of the concern about their fate (Tory, Gilbert, Porat, & Michalowicz, 1990, p. 5). The Lithuanian Jews suddenly had no rights and were now considered a lower class. Soon the Jews had vanished from the streets and the city. “They fear that death lies in wait for them around every corner.” (Tory, et al., 1990, p.7). No one could have…

The world has known many great leaders, however, in my opinion President Franklin Roosevelt has made the biggest impact on our economy and government in this century. Roosevelt began a new era in American history by ending the Great Depression and helping the Second World War come to an end. Without Roosevelt who knows where this country could have gone? In 1929, the U.S. suffered from a stock market crash. This crash set off a train reaction that plunged the U.S. into what is known as the…

1941 marked the beginning of Operation Barbarossa; the largest military operation in history. Operation Barbarossa was Nazi Germany’s invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II. This paper will analyze the extent to which Operation Barbarossa was unsuccessful. The assessment will only focus on Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia between the years of 1941-1942. Operation Barbarossa had many key components and was an intricate invasion which was carried out with extreme precision. There were…

World War 2. In the year of 1945, triumphant armies from many different countries advanced on German soil from all different directions. The Soviet Union troops captured Adolf Hitler's Lair in Berlin, Germany. But nearly four years before that, in 1941, the Fuhrer launched an attack of the USSR trying to exterminate it's people. Twenty-six million Russians and other Soviet ethnics did not survive. USSR stands for the, Union of Soviet Socialists Republic. The League of Nations was an…

On December 7th, 1941, Pearl Harbor was attacked by Japanese forces. The next day, Franklin D. Roosevelt addressed the United States Congress with his memorable “a date which will live in infamy” speech. Throughout this essay, I will be using SOAPSTone to analyze this speech rhetorically and identify its speaker, occasion, audience, purpose, subject, and tone. This will be able to provide us with a better understanding of the speech, in addition to being able to learn how the president uses…