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    Hernandez Ms.Ragno Practical Writing M2 2 May 2016 Pearl Harbor The attack of Pearl Harbor was a surprise attack by the Japanese and caused a lot of casualties during the attack. How and when the Japanese started the attack and the things that happened soon after the attack with the people of americans changed the attitudes of the people. Many things changed after the war, the American views on giving money to the war effort were damaged. Pearl Harbor affected the U.S. by bringing it into…

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    Attack on Pearl Harbor On December 8,1941 President Roosevelt said his famous quote “ this date which will forever live in infamy.” This was a day before the Japanese attacked the U.S. naval base, Pearl Harbor. I am doing this specific war in history because I feel like this more popular event in time misinterpreted because a majority of the people of this generation only know about this date because of a movie. In this I’m going to discuss not only what happened during the attack, but also…

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    Pearl Harbor Winston Churchill said “You ask what is our aim? I can answer in one word: Victory. Victory at all costs. Victory in spite of all terror. Victory however long and hard the road may be. For without victory there is no survival." Pearl Harbor was an attack that happened December 7, 1941. Pearl Harbor changed history in the United States of America because Pearl Harbor got the United States into World War II, World War II got the US out of the Great Depression, and Japanese were…

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    On December 7, 1941, Japan attacked and destroyed Pearl Harbor. Thousands of Americans died, and hundreds of aircrafts and battleships were destroyed. These garnered hatred for Japanese that overwhelmed the masses, as well as the call for revenge. The result: US congress declared war against Japan days after, and thus joining the World War II. In the film Pearl Harbor, film makers demonstrate the devastation brought by the Japanese air force. Also, it shows that US government, specifically…

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    The Japanese raid on Pearl Harbor was an ambush organized by the Japanese against the United States Navy in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The attack on Pearl Harbor was a devastating loss to the United States military program. The event showed the world that the United States could be caught by surprise, and it made America look feeble to the international community . Soon after, on 19 February 1942, President Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066 . This order moved Japanese Americans from the west…

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    started this awful war between Japan and the United States in 1941 in the Pacific. Pearl Harbor and the naval fleet there is where Japan decided to strike on December 7, 1941, it did not take long for the information on the both the attack and Japan to reach U.S. President Franklin D Roosevelt, and how the United States responded to this attack started the Pacific War. Japan decided to strike Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, even though they knew that the United States did not want to be a…

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    How did the Attack on Pearl Harbour in 1941 turn the tide against the Japanese during the World War 2? On Sunday the 7th of December 1941 the Japanese began their unexpected attack on the US Pacific Fleet at 7:55am. This attack was not decided over night or over a period of a few days but according to Source B, the attacks had been slowly brewing for years. Once japan occupied Manchurian, conflict intensified. According to source B as Japanese aggression increased, its relations with the US…

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    Pearl Harbor, the speech made by Franklin D. Roosevelt was very efficient in addressing the situation. Due to hostility from foreign Japan, The United States will be taking an offensive position. Being that the nature of this attack was unprovoked, our country cannot allow it to go unreturned. As Franklin D. Roosevelt said in his 1941 speech, “With confidence in our armed forces—with the unbounding determination of our people—we will gain the inevitable triumph- so help us God.” [“Pearl Harbor…

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    December 7, 1941. On this Sunday morning, Japan attacked Pearl Harbor. Because of the vengeful Japanese, thousands of American citizens died on this day. Many people did not know why Japan would do such a terrible thing. Japan was prompted to attack American soil due to creating a new world order, naval expansion, and the US embargos on the opposition. Japan’s big idea to take over the world had a huge influence on the bombing at Pearl Harbor. In fact, many teacher in this Asian country teach…

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    Pearl Harbor is the naval base in the U.S. territory of Hawaii, Japan surprise attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7,1941 before the attack, no one knew this would happened overnight, America was forced to the World War II by Japanese, this was a rough day to America. During the attack, nearly two thousands and five hundred Americans dead and one thousands and two hundred wounded. The attacked change the United States. Before the attack happened, none of the high-ranking officials knew.…

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