Manchuria

change until late in the thirties, but it would not be possible without Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who implemented New Deal programs and encouraged the country to get involved with international affairs. By 1937, when the Japanese invaded the area of Manchuria, China, where the Nanking took place. Stories of this invasion, as well as the conditions that the Chinese public faced such as, murder, rape, and overall terror, were publicized in articles like “Butchery Marked Capture of Nanking,” in…

Seiji Ozawa is a Japanese conductor, known for his work with the San Francisco Symphony and Boston Symphony, and his advocacy for modern composers. At the age of 15, Ozawa sprained his finger in a rugby game, unable to continue studying the piano; he shifted his musical focus from piano performance to conducting. Over the course of his lifetime, Ozawa has received international acclaim and many awards from a number of institutions. Ozawa also holds a number of honorary doctorate degrees from…

걸어가야겠다.” More than half a century later, the lines of Yun Dong Ju’s “서시, “ or “Foreword,” still ring with the anguish and suffering of Korea under the Japanese colonial rule. During World War II, Japan annexed Korea and made its utmost effort to completely annihilate Korea’s national identity. Koreans were given Japanese names, attended Japanese schools, read Japanese books, and spoke Japanese. In the midst of Japan’s cultural sweep was an ordinary citizen, one with neither political power nor…

Without a doubt the most impactful geographical factor of ancient China is the development of the Silk Road. The Silk Road was a trade route opened during the Han Dynasty after a soldier traveled along the road for the purpose of breeding Chinese army’s horses with the horses of the Duyuan, who were descendants of Alexander the Great. When the soldier reported back to the emperor about the other civilizations he had come across in his travels and speculation about what else could be gained from…

The first bomb was dropped fifteen minutes before eight on August, 6th 1945. The city’s residents had been expecting a raid, however nothing could have prepared them for the Uranium gun-type atomic bomb which engulfed their city in a burning white light that morning. This bomb was unlike anything anyone had ever seen, and even the speculations and theories of survivors could not begin to explain what it was. Each and every account of what happened that day varies, whether the person was in…

slain. In “World War II: Before the War” it details the events that had happened that led up to the war taking place with Germany invading Poland (Taylor). The start of the war is debated amongst people with some saying it started when Japan invaded Manchuria in 1931. Taking a look at the economic status of America, FDR was able enact “The New Deal” which helped drive Industrialization in the United States and generate income for the country. These two events essentially set the stage for how…

America’s decision of dropping the atomic bombs on the widely populated cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was the most necessary move in order to end World War II. During WWII, America was not involved until the country was aggressively surprise attacked by Japan on December 7, 1941. The Axis powers attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor, near Honolulu, Hawaii. The attack woke a sleeping giant, fired up the country, and American citizens craved revenge on the country that caused so…

Although there are pronounced differences between the actions taken after Pearl harbor and 9/11, the similarities are superficial especially with the Patriot Act issued October 6, 2001 and the Executive Order 9066 issued February 19, 1942. The Japanese declared war on America with their attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on December 7, 1942. 366 Japanese air crafts destroyed 188 U.S. planes and killed 2,330 Americans; compared to the 29 aircrafts and 5 submarines that were destroyed; 64 killed…

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,…

The Manhattan Project was the U.S. government’s research project that produced the first Atomic bomb. (Encyclopædia Britannica Inc.) This project lasted from 1942 through 1945. (Encyclopædia Britannica Inc.) It was prompted by the discovery that German radiochemists Otto Hahn and Fritz Strassmann discover the process of fission in uranium in December of 1938. (Energy.gov) (Atomic Archive) Albert Einstein decided it was necessary to write President Franklin D. Roosevelt warning him that Germany…