Midway Plaisance

It witnessed Fredrick Jackson Turner’s The Significance of the Frontier in American History as well as Fredrick Douglas, who used his platform to present a speech that both indicted Columbus and criticized the fair (McGarry 10/2016). The White City was seen as the epitome of western civilization. For the first time, visitors were able to view anthropological exhibits where they could measure their own skulls. Because the Midway had a variety of intriguing exhibits and different forms of entertainment, such as hydrogen filled balloons that could carry visitors into the sky and the Ferris wheel it had a pull that the White City did not (Larson 267). As fascinating and intriguing the Midway had been in exposing the “barbarism” of ethnic cultures from around the world. The true manifestation of barbarism was only a train ride away from the populated…

The Battle of Midway: Lessons Learned In the months following the December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii by the Empire of Japan, the United States found itself embroiled in conflict in two theaters of war; in Europe, North Africa, and the Atlantic as well as in the Pacific. Through the preceding years, the United States cautiously escalated its support for the Allied countries in the European theater with Anglo-American partnership programs such as the Lend-Lease Act and Destroyers…

The Battle of Midway was one of the battles leading up to WW2. In 1942, the Battle of Midway one of the most influential U.S. victories against Japan during World War II. During the four days of battle, the U.S. Pacific Fleet succeeded in destroying four Japanese aircrafts. The only battle that the U.S fleet lost was The Battle of Yorktown. In six months of offensives prior to Midway, Japanese had triumphed in lands throughout the Pacific. These lands include Malaysia, Singapore,…

On 1 April, the JCS approved operation SANDCRAB. After obtaining the needed shipping, work began to recapture the Attu and further on the Kiska. An imposing armada pulled together to support the invasion. The attack force consisted of three battleships, a small aircraft carrier, and seven destroyers for escorting and providing supporting fire for the Army landing force, there were two covering groups, composed of several cruisers, destroyers. Submarines were positioned, for early detection of a…

Another important cause for the disastrous attack on Pearl by the Japanese was that President Roosevelt furthered its “Moral Embargo” by expanding its restrictions to oil and scrap metal to stop Japan from expanding. At the beginning of 1900’s Japan was falling apart as they were running out of raw materials and oil. Japan decided that to survive they had to expand within Asia to get more materials so they invaded French Indochina in 1940 to embargo all imports to China which included war…

Iwo Jima is an island in the Pacific, approximately 650 miles from Tokyo that really did not have significant amount of natural resources. It was a rocky island with a volcano; however, it did serve as a vital platform for the Japanese fighters to launch attacks against American bombers. The island also held tactical importance to American forces. The island would serve as a landing strip for fighter escorts and as an airstrip used to repair damaged aircraft. The Marines conducted an…

There are four important battles that took place between Allied forces and Japanese forces. The first battle is known as the Battle of Midway, and according to the textbook (2014), the battle began when the United States sent ships into the area known as Midway to protect an airfield there. Japan viewed this as a breaking of code, and sent their men to Midway. While the leader of the naval ships, Chester Nimitz, hid his men beyond the horizon, he waited for the Japanese to start the attack. Even…

voted him to lead the country and destroy the Treaty of Versailles. Once Hitler became the Chancellor of Germany and after the invasion of Poland was the beginning of World War Two. During the war, problems had begun to spread that did not include Germany, specifically being the massive naval engagements in the Pacific. Several battles in the Pacific took place before and after the most important battle during the war which happened to be a major turning point of the war. The most important…

"Yesterday, December 7th, 1941, a date which will live in infamy- the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan" (). These are the words the 32nd President of the United States begin his Pearl Harbor Address to the Nation on December 8th, 1941. FDR's speech was a call to action, and in his speech, he expressed outstanding distaste towards Japan. The speech was directed to Congress for them to declare war against Japan which…

The city of Mannheim in Germany was one of the greatest industrial hubs of the time: creativity and innovation was at its peak. Because of this, it became an important city for both World War I and World War II. However, it had become a main target for the opposition, the Allied forces and in December of 1940, air raids began raining down on the city. This lasted until the war ended, leaving the city pretty much in ruins. During the long process of reconstructing the city, a contest was held to…