Empire of Japan

Before Roosevelt signed the order, most Japanese people living in the U.S. had their houses search by government officials. When word got around that the government was doing this, many of the Japanese burned and hid everything that linked them to Japan. After Roosevelt signed the order, The Japanese received letters and…

the atrocities Japan had committed during 1937 through 1945. It touches on the treatments Korea, Thailand, and Philippines had endured, however it focuses the most on Nanking, China. Chang writes every blunt detail about the horror the Chinese people had to endure, because the Japanese government today denies that this had ever happened and never apologized to the victims of these events. The book setting starts in December of 1937 when Nanking, the capital of China, fell to Japan. It then…

“May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't." This quote by George S Patton clearly displays the feelings of the American public during such an adverse time as World War II. The characters in Lord of the Flies by William Golding, possess these feelings as well. Throughout the novel, there are very clear parallels which connect the boys and events found in the novel to the people which endured the tragedy of WWII. The elements of fear and intimidation have a large impact on the various…

disposable. That fact had to be set aside in order to defend what we believed in. The Holocaust; a destructive battle that the Jews would fight for with their lives. Hitler taking over Europe one country at a time. And Hiroshima; a stunning part of Japan that was bombed in response to Pearl Harbor. Casualties rising and blood spilling, the whole world is heating up to expect the very worst. Looking back on these events now, we can see many similarities between these battles. We can also…

The Battle of Midway was one of the battles leading up to WW2. In 1942, the Battle of Midway one of the most influential U.S. victories against Japan during World War II. During the four days of battle, the U.S. Pacific Fleet succeeded in destroying four Japanese aircrafts. The only battle that the U.S fleet lost was The Battle of Yorktown. In six months of offensives prior to Midway, Japanese had triumphed in lands throughout the Pacific. These lands include Malaysia, Singapore,…

the 1940s with good reason. In the 1940s, it was a time of change and war, but a very successful year for spectator sports, even with all the effects war had on American culture, sports was still a topic that thrived. Since WWII was going on, and Japan had just attacked Pearl Harbor, many expected sports to disappear until the conflicts with other countries were resolved, but the sports industry only got bigger. The 1940s was a time of change and with many men gone to war, women, children, and…

The United States just suffered the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 and we were still trying to recovery from the seek attack from Japan. Many military analyst still thought that a plan like this might happen again to the United States. Even though the U.S. dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Soviet Union just released their atomic bomb in 1949, just months before U…

Axis forces during World War II. War is a highly demanding venture on resources and man power, and the fact that the US was waging war across the ocean added to the difficulty. The US relied heavily on the merchant fleet from December 7th until Japan finally surrendered August 15, 1945. The need for supplies such as; food, fuel, vehicles, ammunition, and spare parts. During the war 268,252,000 long tons of cargo left United States…

that were used as propaganda to help with the war efforts. But it was filmed in the early parts of the war and it showed America’s perspective of the war from not wanting to enter the war to joining after Pearl Harbor and wanting their revenge on Japan. The movie was helping the people of America get motivated to help in the war, they wanted to help stop the Nazi’s because of how the people in the movie had stood up to them in the cafe when they had taken over the music. The character Rick…

On 1 April, the JCS approved operation SANDCRAB. After obtaining the needed shipping, work began to recapture the Attu and further on the Kiska. An imposing armada pulled together to support the invasion. The attack force consisted of three battleships, a small aircraft carrier, and seven destroyers for escorting and providing supporting fire for the Army landing force, there were two covering groups, composed of several cruisers, destroyers. Submarines were positioned, for early detection of a…