On December 7th‚ 1941 tragedy struck when Pearl Harbor was attacked by the Japanese. Many ships were sunk during the attack‚ but one of the most recognizable was the battleship the U.S.S. Arizona. This was one of the that was in line in the infamous battleship row. Because of where the U.S.S. Arizona was located it was a sitting duck to dive bombers‚ and torpedo bombers of the Japanese. Once the ship was hit it went down in nine minutes. The sinking of the U.S.S. Arizona caused 1‚177 service men
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World War II officially started for the United States after the bombing at Pearl Harbor by the Japanese‚ but it actually goes deeper then that. Before the the bombing Japan was in a time of need‚ along with that the United states had a foreign policy that did not relativity stick. This leaded to the US trying to create relations with Japan‚ which ultimately leads to the US creating relations with China. The US had these relations due to the fact that the relations between Japan and China were awful
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The United States launched a surprise attack on the Japanese Imperial Navy near Midway on June 4‚ 1942. The Japanese planned to attack Midway and destroy the remaining ships in the United States Pacific Fleet. However‚ the United States knew something Japan did not. The Battle of Midway was significant because it was the turning point of World War II in the favor of the Allies. There were multiple events that led up to the Battle of Midway. Just six months earlier‚ on December 7‚ 1941‚ the Japanese
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Then he was eventually elevated to Cook‚ Third Class and was soldier of West Virginia at Pearl Harbor‚ Hawaii. He was working at the West Virginia on December 7‚ 1941‚ when there was a surprise attack by Japanese forces. After hearing a loud and urgent summons to battle‚ Miller‚ who made his way from below deck to the ship’s bridge‚ saw Japanese fighter planes attacking US Naval forces‚ and the harbor already engulfed in flames. He ran to an anti-aircraft station‚ that he found out
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Franklin Roosevelt was arguably one of the most influential people in America during World War II. When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor over two years after the war started‚ Roosevelt had a difficult and important decision to make. Fears and anxieties broke out among the U.S. people that the Japanese living in the United States would sabotage America and turn against them in the war. A couple of months after the U.S. started fighting in the war‚ Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066 which required
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rossevelt utilizes rhetorical strageties effectively so reach his goal franklin d. roosevelt was the speaker of the Pearl Harbor Adress to the Nation‚ speech. he was the presidemt of the united states‚ also known as commander in chief. this speech was expressed in a first person point of view. the occasion was in december 8‚1941. during world war 2‚ a day after the pearl harbor attack. immediate occasion was the address to congress to declare war on japan. franklins audience is congress and nation
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The attack on December 7‚ 1941‚ in Pearl Harbor by Japan gave Americans a whole new perception on those living in the United States with Japanese ancestry. The attack would have Americans become skeptical about these human beings. The Los Angeles Times factual article “The Relocation Camps’ Abolition Advocated” dated May 8‚ 1943 describes the loyalty of Japanese-Americans in the internment camps. The article explains how there are some internees who declare their loyalty to America. Meanwhile in
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December 7‚ 1941 the United States entered World war II due to the attack of Pearl Harbor‚ Hawaii by the Empire of Japan. War entrance was not the only result of this vicious attack that devastated Americans. On February 19‚ 1942 two months after the U.S. declared war on the Axis powers‚ President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order no. 9066. This order gave the United states the right to designate areas from which persons may be excluded. Therefore‚ this made it legal to detain Japanese
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Hideki Tojo Hideki Tojo was given the position of Prime Minister of Japan on October 14th‚ 1941‚ which really became the entrance of Japan and America into World War II because of Hideki’s war background that would lead him to make a decision that forever will be in the history books. Hideki was under the impression that a war with America was impossible to be avoided‚ so he prepared Japan to hit America with a HUGE knock-out punch. This was a very strategic move on Hideki’s part that would eliminate
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the raid‚ one of the greatest salvage jobs in history began‚ clearing the harbor of its debris‚ salvaging sunken ships‚ rescuing trapped personnel‚ and repairing damaged equipment. (Victory at Sea Episode 2). Critical to the outcome of the battle‚ the U.S. Pacific carriers (Ranger was in the Atlantic) were absent from the harbor‚ and the oil tanks on the island were left undamaged. In order to truly eliminate Pearl Harbor as a strategic U.S. base‚ instead of temporarily compromising it‚ the Japanese
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