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    warning that commercial vessels were vulnerable to attack in waters encompassed in the war zone, no one paid much attention. Out of about 2,000 passengers aboard, only 764 survived, which was a devastating loss of life. This book shows us that war is a matter of life or death, and sometimes those who aren’t even a part of it suffer the consequences. Throughout this book there is a strong theme of how the rules of warfare seemed to vanish.…

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    As many historians had analyzed that the reasons behind the decision of Mao Zedong of getting involved in the Korean war, these were the national security problem, obstacle of uniting Taiwan, the impact from the Soviet Union, as well as Mao’s leading role. Argument A – National Security Problem In the first place, Mao concerned about the national security problem when if the United States intervene in helping the South Korea and crossed the Yalu rivers that would threaten Chinese-Korean…

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    In the article "Japanese-American Internment [ushistory.org]." 2008. 26 Apr. 2016 it informs us of the mistreatment of Japanese-American people during World War 2. The author of this article develops the thesis with facts and background information that are supported with the details. The purpose of this article is to explain to readers of the hardships and the unjust way the Japanese people had to live for years. The article uses a formal tone to an audience of Americans that yet haven't…

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    John Tilton Essay

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    still on home duty (Tilton, 2001). Glenn chose to not make Marines as a career, he decided to do civilian air lines (Tilton, 2001). The war is still going on as this time. The wars that John was apart of in his young age. John was apart of the Pearl Harbor incident (Tilton, 2001). John took his flying skills to use in the Korean War (Tilton, 2001). Glenn’s last air-to-air combat in history was the only squadron that flew the only missions during the entire war where a four plane Sabre flight…

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    This document will present the changes of Australia during and after WW2. I will explore the changes made to technology for example: penicillin, penicillin was used to treat all sorts of infections. Changes to social living for example: after the war, there was an immigration program where they let immigrants in because of all the low population. Changes to political standards including: women being able to work jobs only men could work, because of all the men going overseas to fight the…

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    December 7th, 1941 at 7:48 a.m, Pearl Harbour was bombarded by 353 Imperial Japanese fighter planes, bombers, and torpedo planes in two waves, launched from six aircraft carriers that killed 2,403 people and destroyed nearly 20 American naval vessels, including eight enormous battleships, and more than 300 airplanes. Prime Minister of Canada, Mackenzie King, decided to intern Japanese Canadian citizens based on speculative evidence. Both the RCMP and the Defence Department lacked proof of any…

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    “ With an unshakable faith we will have victory and satisfaction .”General Dwight D. Eisenhower. This World War 2 Bibliography will consensus of multiple weapons and technologies of how we won the War and how it came into effect during the war. We will be talking about everything from just a handheld gun to one of the famous tanks of world war two. How they all played a role into helping us in the war or making it difficult for us to advance. According to the (The National Interest) one of the…

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    George Takei Hero

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    It is often said you have to be white, straight, and male to be successful. My hero, George Takei, is only one of these. George Takei is an actor, a major activist, and a diplomat. I believe that he is man of courage who should be acknowledged for his work. One reason George Takei is a hero is he has improved the relationship between Japan and America, and improved how Americans view Japan since WWII. He improved the relationship between the two countries by being on the Japan-United States…

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    lived in humiliation and poor living conditions. Also it was wrong for the U.S. to hold the loyal Japanese citizens against their will. Of course the U.S. would be justified to hold Japanese residents in concentration camps. They feared that since Pearl Harbor was already attacked by Japan, that the Japanese in America would also help them. “They especially looked at the people who had boats or houses that had radios with a short-wave band, and high aerial on the roofs.”-pg. 7. America saw the…

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    significant issue of bias that I noticed after reading the Japanese Internment primary sources from the newspapers was the fact that prejudice and fear consumed the American people. People of Japanese ancestry were hated and feared due to the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Propaganda is a powerful biased communication that helps sway people’s beliefs and opinions. In World War II anti-Japanese posters were designed to increase support for the war by creating hatred for the enemy. It didn’t matter…

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