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    north west of Hawaii. Japan wanted to “broaden” the war by getting more participants in, so they chose to attack pearl harbor to get the United States actually involved. However, this would eventually lead up to the surrender of Japan by involving the US in the war. The United States was never actually in the war, they were just a neutral force until this event. The plan on attacking Pearl Harbor started very early in 1941. By this time, the Japanese had been getting ready. For several months,…

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    was used as a military base and a transit point for aircraft and forces being sent to Timor, Ambon and Java (Wells, 2015). This is a reliable secondary source as it corroborates and is supported by the sources written by National News. The attack on Pearl Harbor (1941) stands why Darwin was attacked in the first place due to the fact it was commanded by the same leader (Mitsuo Fuchida) and is by far the first biggest attack the Japans had ever battled in history. The fall of Singapore (1942)…

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    The Battle Of Midway

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    islands in the Pacific. U.S. troops targeted the islands that were not as strongly defended by the Japanese. The following events occurred: The attack on Pearl Harbor The Battle of Coral Sea The Battle of Midway The Battle of Guadalcanal The Battle of Leyte Gulf The Battle of Iwo Jima And, The Battle of Okinawa Matt: First up, the attack on Pearl Harbor.…

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    In the article "Japanese-American Internment [ushistory.org]." 2008. 26 Apr. 2016 it informs us of the mistreatment of Japanese-American people during World War 2. The author of this article develops the thesis with facts and background information that are supported with the details. The purpose of this article is to explain to readers of the hardships and the unjust way the Japanese people had to live for years. The article uses a formal tone to an audience of Americans that yet haven't…

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    John Tilton Essay

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    still on home duty (Tilton, 2001). Glenn chose to not make Marines as a career, he decided to do civilian air lines (Tilton, 2001). The war is still going on as this time. The wars that John was apart of in his young age. John was apart of the Pearl Harbor incident (Tilton, 2001). John took his flying skills to use in the Korean War (Tilton, 2001). Glenn’s last air-to-air combat in history was the only squadron that flew the only missions during the entire war where a four plane Sabre flight…

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    This document will present the changes of Australia during and after WW2. I will explore the changes made to technology for example: penicillin, penicillin was used to treat all sorts of infections. Changes to social living for example: after the war, there was an immigration program where they let immigrants in because of all the low population. Changes to political standards including: women being able to work jobs only men could work, because of all the men going overseas to fight the…

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    Dbq 11 Pearl Harbor

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    Pearl Harbor is a harbour located on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. Today It is a United States Navy deep-water naval base, and also the headquarters of the United States Pacific fleet. Pearl Harbor was attacked on 7 December 1941, by Japanese fighter planes. This was a huge surprise. Japan is 4,000 miles away from Hawaii , so the Americans thought that Japan were going to attack a European colonie. But instead, their goal was to take down the the Pacific Fleet so the Americans would not be able to…

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    December 7th, 1941 at 7:48 a.m, Pearl Harbour was bombarded by 353 Imperial Japanese fighter planes, bombers, and torpedo planes in two waves, launched from six aircraft carriers that killed 2,403 people and destroyed nearly 20 American naval vessels, including eight enormous battleships, and more than 300 airplanes. Prime Minister of Canada, Mackenzie King, decided to intern Japanese Canadian citizens based on speculative evidence. Both the RCMP and the Defence Department lacked proof of any…

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    “ With an unshakable faith we will have victory and satisfaction .”General Dwight D. Eisenhower. This World War 2 Bibliography will consensus of multiple weapons and technologies of how we won the War and how it came into effect during the war. We will be talking about everything from just a handheld gun to one of the famous tanks of world war two. How they all played a role into helping us in the war or making it difficult for us to advance. According to the (The National Interest) one of the…

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    or norms which indicate that the possibility of error does not exist within the group, and therefore further analysis and discussion of the subject at hand is unnecessary. One of the most famous examples of groupthink relates to the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941. In the weeks immediately proceeding the attack, the United States received numerous intelligence reports regarding the possibility of the Japanese carrying out…

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