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“Operations MI and AL were the unhappy outcome of a lack of real strategic direction on the part of the Japanese military, and the Imperial Navy in particular, in early 1942. To a large degree, these difficulties stemmed from Japan’s unforeseen success during the first four months of war. By March 1942, Japan had either attained all of her initial objectives…

government’s decisions on internment. Finding a source that suggests that internment was the best solution is very difficult to find yet, necessary to complete my research. Another piece of information that I’m struggling to find, is a description of Japanese, German, and Italian life in Australia or America within the time period, outside of internment camps to use as a control or centre, to base all my conjectures…

Japanese-Americans’ Fight to Retain a Dual Identity During WWII Since the United States was founded in 1776, the nation has remained a country of immigrants, who journey to America in search of a promising future, freedom, and opportunity. Unfortunately, throughout the United States’ history racism and xenophobism have existed against immigrants. American citizens have exhibited hostility toward immigrants, in fear the newcomers will steal their jobs and threaten the prevalent culture of their…

Emily Oh November 5, 2016 Period 4 Walter History Day Rough Draft 2016-2017 Emperor Meiji took a stand in history by playing an active role during the prosecution of the Sino-Japanese War and the Russo-Japanese War, adopting the cabinet system of government for Japan, and issuing an edict that proclaimed the conquest of Korea to Japan. Emperor Meiji’s impact on history was writing the Meiji Constitution, developing the Imperial Diet, having a well-developed transport and communication system,…

Ever think things are going well and something bad happens. When Pearl Harbor was bombed in 1941 by Japan, nobody expected it. . Thousands were killed along with many planes and ships that were destroyed. This was an act of war and we struck back. I think this was unnecessary and Japan caused more havoc than help for themselves. Next, It was a normal morning for the navy men who were stationed in Hawaii on December 7, 1941. Men were going along with their routine days aboard their ships until…

Hongyong Baek, who grew up in Korea and had to experience the repressed roles assigned to women within the society. It examines the gender, religious, and racially oppressed individual between world war II and the Korean Civil war. She left during the Japanese occupation and again during the korean civil war that now divides her family, but be becomes victorious and continues her successful ch’iryo practice in California. Occasion: Lee is the author of national bestseller Still Life With Rice,…

Towards the beginning of the Tokugawa Shogunate, Tokugawa Ieyasu (shogun at the time), issued an edict that prevented Japanese from leaving Japan, and closed Japan to all foreigners. This brought 250 years of peace to the country. In July 1853, US Commodore Perry was the first foreigner to gain access into the closed country during this period. This event lead to the demise of the Tokugawa Shogunate, as Perry influenced other countries to do the same. With the sudden opening of its doors to…

Defeat Japan!" (Inada, 20) Japanese-Americans were loyal to America, and they had nothing to with the attack. They were looked at as aliens and portrayed as bad people. Also, the book Only What We Could Carry states, "Americans of Japanese ancestry, it has been assumed by our Caucasian countrymen, are willing to die for the United States. Yet many Americans are not too sure whether to trust us; they still have their doubts." (Inada, 13) This article shows the Japanese-American's point of view…

experience of author and artist Miné Okubo, the Japanese American community faced increasing judgment during this time and were witness to “growing suspicion and general public antagonism” in the wake of Pearl Harbor’s trauma (Okubo 12). In reaction to the unease and anticipation of further intrusion of Japanese forces during World War II, the United States Government chose to take precautionary measures and demand mandatory internment of all Japanese American individuals to select, militarized…

military to forcibly remove anyone on the west coast with japanese ancestry. During the relocation of the Japanese there was a group called the “no, no boys”. This was a group of loyal Japanese-American men that purposefully told the men who interrogated them that they were not willing to go into the military in order to show their allegiance with the US. In Document 9 the San Francisco mayor, James Phelan, stated that “ The Chinese and Japanese are not bona fide citizens. They are not the stuff…