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President Roosevelt declared that the Japanese people are forced to be sent to internment camp. About 120,000 Japanese-Americans were sent to these camps by force. These camps were similar to prisons, the Japanese-Americans were forced to be sent to an area where it’s all fenced in with barbed wire so they never even have a chance to leave. They made these camps for the Japanese because they were sure that Japanese-American had a shy that would help the Japanese after the war. They didn’t want…

Similar to the disdain that German-Americans faced during World War 1, Japanese-Americans were placed into internment camps following the attacks on Pearl Harbor. In 1942, Executive Order 9066 was signed by President Roosevelt “which forced all Japanese-Americans, regardless of loyalty or citizenship, to evacuate the West Coast” (“Japanese-American Relocation”). Many of these Japanese-American citizens were required to sell their properties before they were contained, leaving them to take only…

In 1904 Czar Nicholas made his first huge mistake by upsetting the Japanese. He wanted to expand Russian territory and started to spread east. In doing so he found “a strategic warm-water port on the Pacific Ocean in southern Manchuria” (Daniels) called Port Arthur. The new Russian presence angered the people of Japan. To further their provocation Nicholas had built the Trans-Siberian Railroad through Manchuria. Japan, wanting to solve their issue, sent diplomats to negotiate but upon their…

disastrous event known as Pearl Harbour, many Japanese families were suspected of being accomplices and, because of that, they were proclaimed to be ‘enemy aliens’ by all the other American citizens. In the novel, “Farewell to Manzanar”, the authors, Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and James D. Houston, portray the damaging influences of World War II and its consequences by discussing and comparing Jeanne’s life before and after the internment camps. Many Japanese residents were hardworking and…

basis, being forced to help the Japanese during the war and not being fed. When people discuss World War II they tend to mainly discuss the troubles in Germany and about the bombings in Japan, but never talk about the 140,000 prisoners in Japanese prisoner of war camps. One in three men in these camps either died of starvation, work, punishments, or diseases that were untreatable due to lack of medicine. These camps were based in Japan, Taiwan, Singapore, and other Japanese controlled countries.…

In 1942, Australia and PNG were involved in the battle of Kokoda against the Japanese. The involvement of Australia in the Kokoda campaign was significant as the threat the Japanese imposed, the hardships the Australian endured and the characteristics the troops displayed all held impact on the nation of Australia. The tactics of the Japanese Aggressive Foreign Policy was a threat to Australia with its plans of invasion or isolation to gain Australia's resources. Australia's involvement in the…

after 3 years of indecision and ignorance the US army can finally enter the fray and stop these Japanese extremists. However…

of Nanjing was depicted as: a battle, a massacre, rape and an invasion. Through research, the answer that has arose is that it should be depicted as a massacre, it’s school appropriate and follows the facts. “Over a period of six weeks, Imperial Japanese Army forces brutally murdered hundreds of thousands of people–including both soldiers and civilians–in the Chinese city of Nanjing” (history.com) The battle of Nanjing is the literal meaning of the word massacre. (mas·sa·cre-ˈmasəkər /noun an…

untrained auxiliary troops to defend the city at all costs, but sadly a significant amount of soldiers fled before the Japanese entered the city. When the Japanese arrived, western businessmen, missionaries and the International Committee tried to create a safe zone for the chinese people, but in a few weeks it was ran over and more innocent people were killed. By the time the Japanese were done looting, burning and destroying Nanking, only two thirds of the city were left. The Nanking massacre…

Nanking Massacre When presented with the opportunity, people may find themselves committing horrible crimes if they believe they won't experience any repercussions. The Nanking Massacre proves this theory through the in-the-moment decisions of the Japanese army during their invasion of the Chinese city of Nanjing. The incident has redefined what constitutes as a war crime as an act of war that infringes on the individual rights of non-participants, as well as guided the universal methods of war…