Provincetown Harbor

In late 1941, the idea that the United States would enter into WW II was becoming clearer. This idea was made certain on December seventh when Japan attacked Hawaii. The following day Franklin D. Roosevelt, president of the United States at the time, asked Congress to officially declare war on the Japanese Empire. The President used a multitude of appeals and rhetorical devices in his speech to convince Congress and the Americans that war was necessary. Roosevelt, cherished and respected, was…

During the 1940s the world became a living hell once more; WWII had began. Nation upon nation became dragged into different calamitous conflicts. Every country had a reason for being involved, whether it was to protect their best interests, provide aid to other countries or to preserve certain ideals. The U.S. was one of these nations. We were sucked into the war because we were petrified and enraged by the events occurring in Europe and Asia. We fought for democracy, for freedom of all people,…

The United States was trying to accomplish something that would change the world of travel. What they were trying to achieve had been attempted in 1880 by France, but they failed due to various circumstances like diseases and bankruptcy. However, the U.S. was determined to create this innovating canal that would cut through Panama. This canal would connect the Pacific and the Atlantic Ocean, making traveling much quicker. This would also make trading with Asia become a lot more accessible,…

the U.S had asked for but not all. The U.S was not going to back down and started an embargo on Oil, something that Japan desperately needed from the U.S. Japan was angry and in September of 1941 the U.S had intercepted a message implying that Pearl Harbor would be attacked. Immediately Roosevelt called upon Charles Munson to began investigating the Japanese on the West Coast…

Many Australians feared that an Imperial Japanese invasion was imminent as Japan focused their forces further south towards Singapore. With the Australians not having confidence in their defense, Australians willfully requested for a commander in southeast Pacific from either Great Britain or America and it was not until the Americans lost the Philippians to the Axis that Australia had a strategic importance. The Americans set their base in Australia, under the command of an American general…

of the Pacific but the only thing to stand in their way was United States and the naval base at Pearl Harbor. These lead to Japan surprisingly attacking Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1961. It made United States attack back like no other, after the attack United States wanted blood and did not care about civilians lives they just wanted to destroy the Japanese empire. After the attack on Pearl Harbor Japan had time to make more of a push in the Pacific. Until 1942 in the Battle of the Midway when a…

the war after a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor early Sunday morning. This plan, known as Operation Z, was created by Isoroku Yamamoto, a Japanese Marshal Admiral. Just before 8:00a.m. on December 7, a fleet of Japanese war planes approached the Hawaiian island of Oahu and bombed the U.S. naval base, Pearl Harbor. A total of over three hundred Japanese fighter and bomber planes were sent in two waves to carry out the attack. Radars located at Pearl Harbor picked up a signal of planes…

Of Infamy This document is about the comparison of the 9/11 and the pearl harbor incidents. This document is going to explain the comparison of presidential responses to 9/11 incident as well as pearl harbor. Discussion about how the culture and class of the attackers in the both incidents have affected us. Therefore what religious affiliation and notions of superiority have influenced these events. Both events pearl harbor and 9/11 were disastrous. Consequently in these disasters the lives of…

because after that date many lives, laws, rules and thoughts were changed. But this essay will be focused on one person, Papa from the story, Farewell to Manzanar that is based on the true story of the Kawasaki family. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, President FDR put an executive order 9066 that required all Japanese to go to internment camps for the “protection” of the Japanese. The Kawasaki's family was no exception, papa Ko was taken away first by the FBI and left his wife Rika to fend…

December 7, 1941 all around the United States of America people and radios are buzzing with the latest news, Pearl Harbor, a navy dock in Hawaii, has been bombed by the Japanese. At that time President Franklin Roosevelt made some drastic changes. The attack on Pearl Harbor had a large impact on everyone and is still important today. Pearl Harbor is a day that will live in infamy, many people agree. In fact even the president himself said, “Yesterday, 7 December 1941-- a date which will live…