Attack on Pearl Harbor

In WWII, no ship was a match for the submarine. Important in WWII, submarines could destroy many ships. The submarines helped the US and the Japanese in the fights. US submarines sank more than 30% of Japan ’ s naval fleet. They were also crucial in the sinking of German U-boats, which tended to dominate most other fights. They were a vital part of the weaponry during WWII because of their ability to sink battleships, aircraft carriers, and cargo ships. During WWII, submarines sank…

To be forced into a camp, you only had to be one-eight Japanese. The harsh conditions only made it worse for the people already forced to leave behind their possessions and everything they’ve ever known. In the weeks following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, people became increasingly suspicious of the Japanese American population in the United States. They believed that these people, both citizens and not, were a danger to the American people in the area and feared that they may side with Japan…

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December 7th, 1941, “a date which will live in infamy”, was the day everything changed. With 3500 casualties, Pearl Harbor was publicly viewed as a barbaric and unprovoked act that would instill Americans with a long-lasting sense of hatred and mistrust towards foreigners. The aftermath was a widespread change in Americans’ ideologies, but this new viewpoint is one that could potentially harm the nation’s interests as a whole. The essential goal of American foreign policy is to hold the…

During World War II on April 12, 1942, the United States executed an air raid on Japan. This was done by the Doolittle Raiders, a team of 80 men led by James (Jimmy) Doolittle. According to Mike Mears, before attacking Japan, the Raiders secretly trained at Eglin Air Force Base and Wagner Field in Northwest Florida for several weeks. Many of the Raiders died during the mission. Eight crew members were captured, three were executed, and one died of sickness during captivity. Sixty-five of the…

During World War II, America was involved in a bombing campaign with Japan. This was because of the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Pearl Harbor was a United States naval base near Honolulu, Hawaii. The bombing of Pearl Harbor took place on December 7th, 1941. This destroyed 20 American naval vessels, 8 battleships, killed more than 2,500 people, and wounded many others. The United States wanted to avenge Japan, so they used precision bombing. Precision bombing was not successful, and “fire-bombing”…

Yes the United States justified in its policy of keeping Japanese Americans in internment camps during World War II?The United States didn’t want anything to happen to the Japanese Americans during World War II.So they move the Japanese Americans to the internment camps because they didn’t want anything to happened to the children during this time they want to keep them safe.They also had to leave they from town to the United States because they went to war.They also wanted to get it over with…

The post-world war II occupation of Japan by American and allied forces included the censoring of Japanese media from October of 1945 and November of 1949. A few weeks after Japan surrendered to the Allied Forces, General MacArthur's General Headquarters of the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers issued a ten-point Press Code for the Japanese news media on September 21st, 1945. The objective of this ten-point Press Code was to establish freedom of the press in Japan and emphasized the…

"A gigantic fleet has amassed in Pearl Harbor. This fleet will be utterly crushed with one blow at the very beginning of hostilities. Heaven will bear witness to the righteousness of our struggle" –November 1941 Imperial Japanese Navy Rear-Admiral Ito The Japanese during World War Two believed that they were a divine race meant to rule over the rest of the world as shown by the quote from Admiral Ito, stating that Japan believed that there war was a righteous struggle and that the heavens would…

Pacific Norms Katzenstein and Okawara are constructivists. Constructivists believe that domestic normative context rather than international factors impact the decisions made by foreign policy ministers. Katzenstein and Okawara believe the normative structure and social context of Japan will prevent Japan from remilitarizing. The collapse of the Soviet Union put Japan’s role on the international stage in question and there was anxiety concerning Japan’s future willingness to use the military…