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    Attack on Pearl Harbor How did the attack on Pearl Harbor happen? Was it planned or did it just come out of nowhere? These are question you may be asking yourself about Pearl Harbor, and all of your questions will be answered. This report will reveal grueling detail about the attack on Pearl Harbor. Things such as the date and time of the attack will be told. Also we will discuss whether or not the attack was a surprise or a steadily thought out plan. This will contain information on whose…

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    Pearl Harbor As does a bottle of shaken soda, the tension between americans and Japanese fizzed to the explosion, while the U.S. tried to stay away from the World War the Japanese thought they had the perfect chance to knock America out completely, like Muhammad Ali k.o.’s his opponents. The Japanese and Americans had had problems dating back to the late 1800’s when an american naval captain forced japan to become social with the outside world. That event could have been what led Japan to the…

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    the American naval base at Pearl Harbor. The attack, starting before 8 a.m., lasted two hours. The Japanese flew in fighter planes and destroyed 20 naval vessels and over 300 airplanes. Nearly 2,500 American soldiers died during the attack with another 1,000 injured. This devastating attack will not be forgotten quickly. It seems that the result of this attack is all out world war. Although there have been many things leading up to this. The main goal of the attack was to neutralize the U.S.…

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    The Pearl Harbor attack will forever be viewed as the dark ages for the U.S. Laws were executed to stop Japanese immigration. Japanese Americans faced so much discrimination. About 120,000 Japanese Americans were relocated in internment camps, were they faced harsh times. Japanese Americans were not allowed to enlist in the military for being “the enemy raise” but later were able serve in the military. About 33,000 Japanese Americans served in the military, they joined about 4,500 troops in the…

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    The Japanese attacked by coming from the north and killed over 2,000 Americans. The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor because they wanted to destroy all american fleet units. The outcome of the attack caused Japan many consequences and the entrance of World War ll. Japan's only possible chance was a surprise attack to destroy the Pearl Harbor as fast as possible. The Japanese used multiple ships that had destroyed American fleet units. Ships had carried everyone's land bombs. The Japanese planes…

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    Was Japan provoked into attacking Pearl Harbor? On December 7 ,1941 Japan attacked pearl harbor. Many americans said why did this happen. But, the truth is that Japan didn’t want to be controlled by the U.S anymore.Before the 1850s Japan believed in isolationism but, the U.S pressured Japan to open themselves to trade. The U.S also froze all japanese assets so, the japanese could make money anymore even there own property. The U.s also slowly decrease trading with Japan. Japan wanted to be a…

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    north west of Hawaii. Japan wanted to “broaden” the war by getting more participants in, so they chose to attack pearl harbor to get the United States actually involved. However, this would eventually lead up to the surrender of Japan by involving the US in the war. The United States was never actually in the war, they were just a neutral force until this event. The plan on attacking Pearl Harbor started very early in 1941. By this time, the Japanese had been getting ready. For several months,…

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    Period 5 May 22, 2018 Was The Attack Justifiable On December 7, 1941 the Japanese attacked the United States largest naval base in the Pacific Ocean. This base was called Pearl Harbor. The attack was foreseen by the government we unaware where they would attack. On December 6th, our former President FDR received a message, that had been decoded, that the Japanese were going to deny all of America’s peace offerings and would attack in the near future. The attack on Pearl Harbor ended with 2,403…

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    Pearl Harbor was a surprise attack waiting to happen, for the reason that America and Japan had been going at each other for decades. But it was seen as such a surprising event because no believed that Japan would attack America in the way that it did. The Japanese government believed that the only way to solve its economic and demographic problems was to expand into its neighbor’s territory and take over its import market, because Japan felt like it had the upper hand it had soon declared war…

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    Hernandez Ms.Ragno Practical Writing M2 2 May 2016 Pearl Harbor The attack of Pearl Harbor was a surprise attack by the Japanese and caused a lot of casualties during the attack. How and when the Japanese started the attack and the things that happened soon after the attack with the people of americans changed the attitudes of the people. Many things changed after the war, the American views on giving money to the war effort were damaged. Pearl Harbor affected the U.S. by bringing it into…

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