Attack on Pearl Harbor

When Pearl Harbor was bombed in 1941 by Japan, a clear enemy against the United States was established and America joined the war. However the fighting wasn't limited to the front in Europe, hundreds of American-Japanese individuals were persecuted and rounded into…

Prime Minister Winston Churchill of Britain decided to choose the equipment the English troops had to protect England, he did not want to protect Australia from the invasion of the Japanese. John Curtin heard about this news and decided to call America for help. Older Australians who were loyal to Britain were devastated about how this new allegiance was formed. Later many American troops started to arrive in Australia to fight in the war in the pacific. In 1943 a little amount of Australians…

Laura Hillenbrand's biographical book Unbroken describes the thrilling true story of Olympian and World War II prisoner of war survivor Louis Zamperini. Zamperini was from Torrance, California, where he was known for being a troublemaker. His brother introduced him to the sport of running. Zamperini quickly became beloved by the sport and eventually left out his troubled life behind and went on to become an Olympian. Zamperini had gone to the Berlin games and was prepared to run, but was not…

Hegemonic narratives are narratives created by people that have dominance over others, while a counter-narrative is a narrative of the marginalized, and the oppressed. The novel When the Emperor was Divine is a counter, historical fiction book written by Julie Otsuka that critiques the hegemonic narrative of WW2. The author writes about a Japanese-American family living in the US during World War 2, that are forced into an incarceration camp in Utah. The main characters of the book all changed…

Knuckle Knife with Scabbard Description This silver knife is made of steel. It has a handle that has four holes for the fingers. The blade is sharp on both side and meets at a point. The brown, leather scabbard with a security strap to securely hold the knife in place, has two cuts so the owner can attach the blade to a belt. There are no marks that shows who made these two artefact, but it has ‘93-2214’ engraved in black ink on it. Purpose and Use (197) These types of knuckle knives were…

Flying Tigers In this essay I am going talk about what were Flying Tigers. I will talk about there disbanded date and who made up this group. What were same of the missions of the Flying Tigers. All of this information take about how the Flying tigers started, and how the Flying Tigers end. So all this information will be included in this essay. So just set back and relax and just read this essay. The Flying Tigers are a volunteer group (AVG). A unit of american fighter pilots during World War 2…

The purpose of this paper is to identify how the British Admiralty’s COMINT failures during the Battle of Jutland prevented them from destroying the German High Seas Fleet. The battle is re-imagined with a much better-trained and coordinated intelligence section. The British Admiralty’s intelligence failures prevented Admiral Sir John Jellicoe’s Grand Fleet from winning a decisive victory against Scheer’s High Seas Fleet. Because the Admiralty’s COMINT section did not maintain control over their…

during World War II . Okinawa is a big island by Japan that had underground tunnels and trenches so the Japanese soldiers could get around so they could sneak up on the American soldiers. America wanted control over Japan because they bombed Pearl Harbor. f America got control of Hacksaw Ridge it might change the tide of the war and it might make Japan stop helping the Nazi’s with suplies and recources. America wanted Japan to sign a peace treaty before the battle for hacksaw ridge started.…

Source C and Source D contain several similarities. For example, Source C states “[Japan] must continue to study and make use of Western methods” while Source D explains that “Japan had learned to emulate the West”. Both utilize remarks on the nation’s implementations of Western ideas as ways to improve their military strength. Furthermore, both Source C and Source D indicate the West’s disregard for Japan’s strength and their intentions to take advantage of this. Source C implies that “the…

The first modern Olympic which have been cancelled is in 1916, Berlin Olympics. This Olympic has been cancelled because of WWⅠ that started in 1914 and ended in 1918. At the first, Olympic organization had been prepared for the games even after the war had outbroken because nobody could guess that the war had continued so long. The game venue had been constructed 1912 to 1913, but the game was cancelled in the end. Tokyo Olympic in 1940 was also cancelled due to the influence of another war,…