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    In December 9, 1941 Roosevelt delivered a speech via radio in response to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. In this speech, Roosevelt compares Japan to Hitler's and Mussolini in Europe's and Africa's invasions of other countries to show how dangerous Japan could become if it was not stopped. Roosevelt goes on to say that "it has become far more than a parallel. It is actual collaboration so well calculated that all the continents of the world, and all the oceans, are now considered by the…

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    school, pledged allegiance every morning in grammar school. And for me to think that I may be sent to Japan was horrendous. And so that was sort of a nightmare. —Susumu Satow, THE WAR On February 19, 1942, just two months after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066. Its tone was carefully neutral: it authorized the War Department to designate “military areas” that excluded people…

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    in one of the bloodiest wars in human history, World War Two. If America had not entered this conflict, the outcome may have been completely different, and the world significantly different than from what it is now. It may have been the attack on Pearl Harbor that officially marked America’s entrance into the war, but the reason actually stems back about 90 years ago, when Commodore Mathew Perry forced Japan open to trade. It was Commodore Perry who encountered Japan after 90 long years in…

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    The attack on Pearl Harbor occurred on December 7th, 1941. The effects of the attack were devastating. The U.S. had not seen such a heavy loss of men and equipment in such a short period of time. The United States lost 2,403 personnel in the attack with another 1,246 wounded. Three battleships, and two destroyers were sunk. Six additional battleships, a destroyer, a mineslayer, and two service ships were also damaged during the attack. 188 planes were destroyed and an additional 159 were…

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    PEARL HARBOR December 7, 1941 was a usual quiet Sunday in Oahu. Little did everyone know by December 8, the United States of America will be engulfed with hatred and patriotism. All for one reason the attack on Pearl Harbor. The attacks on Pearl Harbor had changed the course of the Second World War by launching the United States into the bloodiest conflict the world has ever seen. Therefore, fate the Axis Powers were sealed. To better understand the attack on Pearl Harbor, we need to know…

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    The Attack on Pearl Harbor The attack on Pearl Harbor was a very shocking event that devastated a lot of people. The attack on Pearl Harbor killed many people and damaged a lot of things. Hundreds were killed, but only a few survived the attack. The attack on Pearl Harbor can be remembered because of when it happened, how it happened, and how it affected Americans. Pearl Harbor was attacked on December 7, 1941. At 7:50 a.m., John Ramsey yelled saying "AIR RAID ON PEARL HARBOR, THIS IS NOT A…

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    The causes of Pearl Harbor stemmed from intensifying Japanese-American rivalry In the Pacific. The day after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States declared War against Japan. Also four days after the attack upon Pearl Harbor, on December 11, 1941, Germany and Italy declared war on the United States, thus bringing America into World War 2. The day After The Attack On Pearl Harbor, President Franklin Roosevelt Said “The United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked,…

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    Later that year in December of 1941, the United States suffered the most costly intelligence failure when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. The failure was a result of analysis misconceptions, lack of integration of intelligence data, collection gaps, bureaucratic confusion, a historical and cultural misunderstanding of the mindset of the adversary, a great underestimation of Japanese capabilities and intentions, and Japanese denial and deception. Moreover, intelligence was being handled in a casual…

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    remembered in American History are, Pearl Harbor and 9/11. What’s so similar based on these two events? What are the comparisons? Similarities are both events were from foreign attacks on American land and people were feared of follow-up attacks. Differences were each event had a significant target and Pearl Harbor was based on military and 9/11…

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    December 7, 1941, is a “date which will live in infamy” by Franklin Delano Roosevelt. On this day, a heart wrenching event took place on a Hawaiian Island, Oahu. The bombing of Pearl Harbor drew the United States into the worst war in American history, and changed the United States Immensely. Japan’s motives and reasoning for attacking, how it all happened, and the aftermath are all factors that made this day tragic beyond all belief. The Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service was behind the…

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