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Franklin D. Roosevelt shows his devotion to the United States and its people in his speech about Pearl Harbor. He uses rhetorical devices such as anaphora and parallelism to distinguish his argument towards Japan, sending the message that we are not backing down. He assures to the citizens of America that he intends to prevent such a harmful and gruesome event, such as the attack on Pearl Harbor, to never happen again. “There is no blinking at the fact that our people, our territory and our…

have been going back and forth with each other for the longest. This has changed the countries socially, politically, and economically, but for now I will explain how Japan Attacking Pearl Harbor, The Lend-Lease Act, and some visual pictures socially affected these countries. Japan’s attacks on Pearl Harbor socially affected Japan because according to an excerpts from The Way of the Subjects from 1941, it states, “ The way of the subjects is to be loyal to the Emperor in disregard of self,…

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”…

On the Hawaiian Island, beautiful sunlight shined down on the people. Just when everything seemed ordinary, several bombs were dropped at the Pearl Harbor. This event killed thousands of people and almost destroyed the United States Navy. December 7th 1941 was a very tragic day for Americans, it will always be remembered as “a date which will live in infamy”. When we are looking back on this event, doesn’t it make us wonder whether the attack was anticipated? Different people look at this…

In December 9, 1941 Roosevelt delivered a speech via radio in response to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. In this speech, Roosevelt compares Japan to Hitler's and Mussolini in Europe's and Africa's invasions of other countries to show how dangerous Japan could become if it was not stopped. Roosevelt goes on to say that "it has become far more than a parallel. It is actual collaboration so well calculated that all the continents of the world, and all the oceans, are now considered by the…

pledged allegiance every morning in grammar school. And for me to think that I may be sent to Japan was horrendous. And so that was sort of a nightmare. —Susumu Satow, THE WAR On February 19, 1942, just two months after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066. Its tone was carefully neutral: it authorized the War Department to designate “military areas” that excluded people…

The attack on Pearl Harbor occurred on December 7th, 1941. The effects of the attack were devastating. The U.S. had not seen such a heavy loss of men and equipment in such a short period of time. The United States lost 2,403 personnel in the attack with another 1,246 wounded. Three battleships, and two destroyers were sunk. Six additional battleships, a destroyer, a mineslayer, and two service ships were also damaged during the attack. 188 planes were destroyed and an additional 159 were…

PEARL HARBOR December 7, 1941 was a usual quiet Sunday in Oahu. Little did everyone know by December 8, the United States of America will be engulfed with hatred and patriotism. All for one reason the attack on Pearl Harbor. The attacks on Pearl Harbor had changed the course of the Second World War by launching the United States into the bloodiest conflict the world has ever seen. Therefore, fate the Axis Powers were sealed. To better understand the attack on Pearl Harbor, we need to know…

The Attack on Pearl Harbor The attack on Pearl Harbor was a very shocking event that devastated a lot of people. The attack on Pearl Harbor killed many people and damaged a lot of things. Hundreds were killed, but only a few survived the attack. The attack on Pearl Harbor can be remembered because of when it happened, how it happened, and how it affected Americans. Pearl Harbor was attacked on December 7, 1941. At 7:50 a.m., John Ramsey yelled saying "AIR RAID ON PEARL HARBOR, THIS IS NOT A…

The differences between the two countries it's that Pearl Harbor bombing was unexpected on a Sunday morning.Some of the same things about both counties it's they both killed people and had strong forces. Next they both had some people to survive that eventually end up dying. A difference is the United States only dropped one bomb, but Pearl Harbor dropped several bombs. Japanese had 237,000 people killed. They had 280,000 to 290,000 civilians as well as 43,000 soldiers. In the four-month…