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occurred during the war of 1812, on April, 24, 1814. Where a British force led by MJR.General Robert Ross, won the easily fought Battle of Bladensburg. After so marching upon Washington D.C and occupying it and set fire to many public and government buildings, such as the white house for example. Great Britain already engulfed in a full fledged war with France and Napoleon Bonaparte, adopted the defensive strategy against the United States of America upon the declaration of war by the U.S in…

The Hawaiian Department had received a warning about the possibility of increased aggression, following the U.S. placed sanctions on Japan. The Navy, on October 16th, 1941, sent Admiral Kimmel the message; however, Washington disagreed with the Navy's alarm. Therefore, the War Department sent a supplementary message to General Douglas MacArthur and General Short that stated, "Tension between United States and Japan remains strained . . . no abrupt change in Japanese foreign policy appears…

Before the Battle After the Battle of the Coral Sea in May of 1942, the Japanese still sought to capture portions of the Pacific Ocean and land within those portions, including the Midway Island. The mastermind behind these plans, Admiral Yamamoto Isoroku, was mainly hoping to secure the Samoa Islands, Fiji and Australia to expand territory, with the capturing of the Midway Island only being a problem due to its proximity to the United States. The plan for the Island contained a ruse that…

gravel stated, “We are still living in the aftershock of Hiroshima, people are still the scars of history.” World War II was an extremely gruesome period of time for both the United States and Japan. Many of the atrocities which took place are yet to be recognized as war crimes despite the clear evidence surrounding them. One of the most common crimes overlooked throughout the World War II era is the bombing or “incineration” of Hiroshima. Both Japanese and United States citizens believe if…

NINETEENTH-CENTURY ISOLATIONISM~ The Spanish-American War began with the Cuban struggle for independence from Spain. The United States became involved after the mysterious sinking of the American battleship, "USS Maine", in Havana harbor. The United States had always been interested in purchasing Cuba for their mass production of sugar. During this time sugar was an expensive product and brought in a lot of income to those who took part in its production and sale. Congress gave President William…

one of the most horrific and dramatic wars of are time, The main causes of the WW1 was MAIN. MAIN stands for M-Militarism, A-Alliances, I-Imperialism, N-Nationalism these are the main causes of WW1. Militarism was one of the biggest impacts on the WW1 because the where the Arms race, but the leading causes were The Road to war, The Spanish-American War, and The New Foreign Policy, These wars were the biggest leading causes of WW1. WW1 is are first biggest war that we were in and had to attend.…

In the beginning, it was established that Japan that was in control of Korea from the annexation they made in 1910. April 1945 the Yalta Conference agreed to make a four power trusteeship for Korea near the end of World War two. Korea was split into two pieces, North and South Korea. The United States had control of the southern part of Korea below the 38th parallel, and the Soviet Union occupying the northern area. Later on in that year it was settled that the country would be reconnected and…

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,…

“turning point in the Pacific” as well as the most decisive victory in the history of the United States Navy (USN). The United States had been planning for a war with Japan for years, but when the time came, Japan was second in priority to Germany. The Japanese leadership of Admiral Yamamoto, Commander of Japanese Combined Fleet, and Vice Admiral Nagumo, commanding officer of the carriers, wanted to take charge in the Pacific by putting all of their power into taking a small island in the…

international law. Unfortunately for the approaching Russian squadron, they received word that they had been defeated at Port Arthur. Admiral Rozhestvensky understood his only alternative was to make it to the Russian port…