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1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. There were over two-thousand casualties and the Americans were scarred by what happened. Americans had not witnessed an attack on their soil in a very long time. Fear and shock naturally played their role within the hearts of Americans when this attack occurred. From this event, the Executive Order 9066 was born. This order was issued due to the fear of another Japanese-based terrorist attack.…

It is about two years in the war and all of the countries are on high alert due to the power craving countries of Italy, Germany, and Japan. The leaders of these countries, Hitler, Mussolini, and Tojo made an alliance together to work side by side on their quest for expanding. This alliance was called the Axis Alliance. This was dangerous for the rest of the world because all three of these countries had intentions for world domination. The U.S. has had a high tolerance towards the war and has…

The Battle of Midway What is it? The Battle of Midway occurred near the central pacific island of Midway from 4-7 of June 1942. It is considered the decisive battle of the war in the pacific. Prior to this battle, Japan had managed to successfully capture territory throughout Asia and the Pacific. The next step for japan was to capture the island of Midway in order to use it as an advance base as well as destroying the US Pacific Fleet. But because of communication intelligence successes,…

"All war is deception," (Sun Tzu). World War II deceived President Roosevelt and the american people into thinking that all Japanese-Americans citizens are spies which made them fear betrayal. For this reason, Roosevelt ordered the Executive Order 9066 on February 19, 1942, which issued the internment of Japanese-American citizens. The Americans subjected all of them to internment camps. Families were investigated, tried, and separated. Conceivably never to be reunited again. Roosevelt was…

The shocking tragedy of Pearl Harbor lead by the Japanese on December 7th, 1941 shook the United States out of isolation and left Americans panicked, scared, and livid. To help ease the worries of the people, President Franklin D. Roosevelt authorized Executive Order 9066 and declared all Japanese-Americans should be relocated away from the Pacific West coast and Hawaii (Executive Order 9066). It was done as a precaution, because it allowed Americans to have a sense of security and nearly…

On the 19th of February 1942, the Japanese came in with their airplanes and land-based bombers to bomb Darwin. This attack on Darwin happened 10 weeks after the bombing of Pearl Harbor under the same commander, Mitsuo Fuchida. The Japanese had 54 land-based bombers and around 188 attack aircraft which were launched from 4 Japanese aircraft carriers in the Timor Sea. On Darwin’s Harbour there were 46 ships docked there yet the boats couldn’t prevent the attack from the Japanese having around 900…

World War II, also known as the Second World War, involved the clear majority of the world’s countries including a time of horror for Japan. Life became difficult for the Japanese Americans sent to internment camps during World War II and for those who lived in Japan also faced the effects of the war. The internment of the Japanese during World War II was the forced relocation and incarceration in camps in the interior of the country of approximately from 110,000 and 120,000 people of Japan who…

War can change many people in many ways. A prime example was the protagonist of Empire of the Sun, Jim. In the beginning of this movie, Jim was a very upbeat and curious character, but was also very stubborn. The story takes place in China, with a population of British people living in an area that is like a “mini-Britain”. What happens next would be traumatizing for anyone. The Japanese, had planned an attack on China, to try and take the country for themselves. There were mobs of people being…

The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor heralded an unfortunate era for Japanese-Americans due to the decisions made by the United States government. At the time, President Franklin D. Roosevelt decried the attack as an event “which will live in infamy,” unanimously uniting the Houses of Congress behind him with a declaration of war against Japan (Roosevelt). With the military and navy ordered to use “ all measures...for our defense,” a policy of internment for Japanese-Americans emerged…

The United States began to enter the war when the Japanese attacked the United States’ naval base, Pearl Harbor, in Hawaii. This established an international tension between the United States and Japan. Japan’s main objective was to take over lands throughout in East Asia so they would not have to depend western imports all the time. Tension between America and Japan rose when the Japanese army invaded and attempted to claim Manchuria in 1931. The Rape of Nanking also triggered the United States…