Pearl Jam

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…

chance to choke out the work ‘bomb’, leaving the menace behind the death trap, President Truman,a villain to Japan. The Japanese had attacked multiple places before the bombing occurred, including cities such as Shanghai, Manchuria, and most famously, Pearl Harbor. Although the U.S.…

The attack on Pearl Harbor could not have been been prevented. Through the years of 1939-1945, there was an outbreak of Germany wanting to conquer every nation, this was runned by Hitler and his Nazi Party. Countries soon followed and another World War was starting. Meanwhile in America, there was a depression that was across the nation. This was caused by a stock market crash, banks failed, business failed and people were left hungry. Franklin D. Roosevelt tried to bring America back on its…

In 1942, on February 19, President Roosevelt signed the Executive Order 9066. By June, more than 110,000 Japanese Americans were relocated to remote internment camps built by the U.S. For the next two and a half years, many of these Japanese Americans endured extremely difficult living conditions and poor treatment by their military guards. President Roosevelt's actions were not justified because it resulted in discrimination towards Japanese Americans and damaged the economical positions of…

It was that very day on February 19, 1942 that President Franklin D. Roosevelt authorized the Secretary of War to prescribe certain areas as military zone making way for the deportation of Japanese Americans to internment camps. With the bombing of Pearl Harbor, all backs were turned to those of Japanese descent; were they (the Japanese) with us or against us? Legion amounts of people questioned the loyalty of the Japanese. This negativity caused officials to conclude that the Japanese residing…

the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan." This is the first sentence of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s (FDR) speech, the Pearl Harbor Address; he spoke the day after hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor. More than 2,000 Americans soldiers and sailors died in the attack, and another 1,000 were wounded. The next day, FRD declared war on Japan. Three days later, Japanese allies…

On May 17, 1915, after a transatlantic journey from New York City and nearly within sight of its destination of Liverpool, England, the Lusitania was attacked by a German submarine and sunk in less than 20 minutes. This ship was considered to be unsinkable. Despite an announcement from the German embassy on May 1, 1915, stating a warning that commercial vessels were vulnerable to attack in waters encompassed in the war zone, no one paid much attention. Out of about 2,000 passengers aboard, only…

During World War II, more than 100,000 Japanese Americans citizens were held in horrible conditions in Internment Camps. In 1945, Japan attacks Pearl Harbor and soon after, the United States went into war against Japan and other countries. The United States citizens and Government were concerned about Japan spies and sabotage, and in result the government decided to take precautions against all people of Japanese descent. Before the United States declared war, Japanese Immigrants came to the…

Japan Paper: The Bombing of Pearl Harbor From the Japanese Perspective World War II was the result of many countries attempting to obtain what did not belong to them. Germany, led by Adolf Hitler and the Nazi political party, was attempting to forge a massive German empire out of the German homeland and surrounding territories. The Japanese were attempting to create a massive empire that fanned out in all directions from the mainland islands. With these attempts at gain, massive amounts of…

As many historians had analyzed that the reasons behind the decision of Mao Zedong of getting involved in the Korean war, these were the national security problem, obstacle of uniting Taiwan, the impact from the Soviet Union, as well as Mao’s leading role. Argument A – National Security Problem In the first place, Mao concerned about the national security problem when if the United States intervene in helping the South Korea and crossed the Yalu rivers that would threaten Chinese-Korean…