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invasion on mainland Japan, this meant choosing islands of geographic importance. Thus, General MacArthur chose islands that were either lying in the US’s previously chosen path to Japan, or that had helpful military supplies, such as airfields, harbors, or fortified military bases. By selectively choosing such island, the US forces were able to easily “hop” from one island to the next, with the help of the military fortifications that were either already on the islands, or that they were able…

On December 7th 1941 President Franklin Roosevelt said “a date which will live in infamy. Pearl Harbor was the worst tragedy at the time. It is important to remember that when reading historical fiction, some elements of the story will be truth while others will be made up. Author Harry Mazer talks about some of the true events in Pearl Harbor but it is mostly historically inaccurate. In the book Boy at War the author Harry Mazer starts the book slow but the speed picks up dramatically and…

Pearl Harbor As does a bottle of shaken soda, the tension between americans and Japanese fizzed to the explosion, while the U.S. tried to stay away from the World War the Japanese thought they had the perfect chance to knock America out completely, like Muhammad Ali k.o.’s his opponents. The Japanese and Americans had had problems dating back to the late 1800’s when an american naval captain forced japan to become social with the outside world. That event could have been what led Japan to the…

In early December in 1941, Pearl Harbor had been attacked by the Japanese, resulting in the deaths of over 2,400 American soldiers. This infuriated the U.S and caused them to officially join the war. Four years later, on August 6, 1945, a US B-29 bomber had dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima instantly killing about 70,000 people. Three days later, a second bomb had been dropped on Nagasaki which caused the deaths of 40,000 more people. The United States’ decision to drop an atomic bomb on…

all the damages that have been caused due to all the battles that our country and the other 195 countries had to go through. The goal for Japan was to destroy the US Pacific Fleet and crush the will of the American people. The Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor in hopes that it would destroy the US Pacific Fleet and weaken the resolve of the American people. They hoped that the defeat at…

and fill him with a terrible resolve” was a quote The line is a dramatic ending to the depiction of the Pearl Harbor .Was taken out of context and interpreted in America as a boast that Japan would conquer the entire continental United States. The omitted sentence showed Yamamoto's counsel of caution towards a war that would cost Japan dearly. Statement made after the attack on Pearl Harbor by Yamamoto. .America has mobilized a lot they made a mobilization to prepare a war he made troops…

Shikata ga nai was a common phrase among Japanese Americans that means “it cannot be helped,” which referred to their social predicaments after Pearl Harbor was bombed (Wu 1345). Assorted important events that steered this transpired at that time. The internees all found ways to cope with the problem, though, such as playing baseball or creating art. Decades later, the government would compensate for their actions. Sending innocent people to internment camps is absolutely immoral and one of the…

Federal Law has limited Japanese rights before the attack on Pearl Harbor including immigration, citizenship, and voting. Japanese-Americans were interned in camps during WW2 because since we we fought with Japan, people worried the Japanese-American would be with the Japan and not with the United States. Also, the Americans were taking economic opportunities and jobs away from the American people. After the attack on the Pearl Harbor, feelings of dislike and distrust toward the Japanese…

Japanese Admiral Yamamoto made a very important foreshadowing statement after the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. “I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and filled him with a terrible resolve.” He meant that the Japanese had poked the U.S. awake and the Japanese were about to be swallowed. On December 7, 1941, the Japanese bombed the United States Naval fleet at Pearl Harbor. There was a lot of infrastructure damage and human lives lost as a result.…

On December 7, 1941, a devastating day occurred. Japan launched a surprise attack on the U.S. near Honolulu, Hawaii. This attack was called Pearl Harbor. The first wave of Japanese pilots came in at around 7:50 am. The Japanese pilots were called torpedo bombers. Torpedo bombers dropped bombs that had propellers on the back of the bomb which would then push the torpedo into the desired target. Around 7:53a.m, more pilots from the first wave came in and the pilots were called dive bombers, these…