7 1941(Arizona). The Japanese sent 33 ships and 350 planes and aircrafts. He sent the planes and aircraft north of oahu early in the morning(Pearl Harbor). The mission was to sink 8 battleships that were among 180 vessels anchored in pearl harbor. There was a ship named the Arizona and it was one of the 8 battleships. It was shot down by a 800 kilogram bomb(Arizona). This completely destroyed the front of the ship‚ causing it to sink. The bomb had ignited a fuel store‚ gunpowder‚ and ammunition supply
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towards naval disarmament as a deterrent to war‚ Republican leaders held a conference in Washington in 1921 with the European powers along with Japan. Soon after the dubbed Five Power Treaty’ was signed that established ratios on number of existing battleships. However the treaty
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Using the juxtaposition of images and sounds‚ Moore has created a montage of images‚ to show what kind of "flawless" society America really is. At the same time‚ the song "What a wonderful World" plays‚ while the scene changes into a montage of images involving heavy gun violence‚ shootings and military forces in other nations. The song is a large contradiction to the images of violence and destruction
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Nicholas II research: Source 1: “The daily work of a monarch he found intolerably boring. He could not stand listening long or seriously to ministers’ reports‚ or reading them.” Written by Kerensky in 1934. Kerensky was the leader of the government which took over when the Tsar abdicated in 1917. Source 3: “Nicholas II was not fit to run a village post office.” Said by an unknown cabinet minister Source 4: “He never had an opinion of his own … always agreeing with the judgement of the last person
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Water (Cinematography review) The film centers on how widows of different ages‚ maturity‚ backgrounds‚ and personalities deal with their hopelessly limited fate at a single ashram(refuge). Chuyia (Sarala) is an eight-year-old widow who is initially unable to comprehend her future and questions her religion and placement at the ashram. Alternately‚ Chuyia’s childlike spirit inspires the other woman with liveliness and affection. Kalyani is a beautiful young woman forced into prostitution to earn
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typical tactics of resisting at the water’s edge to a defense in depth‚ designed to gain time. In conjunction with this‚ the Japanese navy and army mounted mass air attacks by planes on one-way "suicide" missions; the Japanese also sent their last big battleship‚ the Yamato‚ on a similar mission with a few escorts. The "special attack" kamikaze tactics the Japanese used on these missions‚ although not especially sophisticated‚ were so determined that Allied forces perhaps faced their most difficult Pacific
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Instead of trying to point to one major cause for the First World War‚ like many historians attempt to argue‚ there were many causes that evolved around four major ones. Even Benthmann portrayed his frustration with attempting to isolate a major cause when his reply to the question of what started the war was "Oh‚ if only I knew". The four main causes were imperialism‚ militarism‚ alliances‚ and nationalism. Without these influences the war would have never happened. However‚ all four of these main
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In this essay I intend to show that it was inevitable that the United States would move from a status of isolationism and neutrality to supporting the Allies and defending democracy‚ also declaring war on Japan and in the end finishing the war in Europe for the struggling allies. By 1941 The Axis powers‚ this included Germany and Italy had taken all of Western Europe. Their control had reached as far west as the bay of Biscay on the west coast of France‚ they reached as far north as Norway and
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FACTORS RELATING TO THE GROWTH OF 19TH IMPERIALISM: Economic: triumph of modern industrial societies over traditional‚ pre-industrial societies. Colonies used for raw materials and markets for manufactured goods. Technological: railway‚ telegraph‚ and steamship. Better than traditional means. Machine gun over spear; modern medicine over witch doctor. Political: close government involvement with overseas business interests. Economic competition then became political competition. Strategic:
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for them (1). Most of their battleships sank during the war (1). The attack’s chief planner died in a plane that had been shot down by U.S. airmen in 1943 (1). “Dictator Tojo‚ who ordered the attack‚ was hung as a war criminal in 1948” (1). He was captured by the Americans (1). There is a memorial made for the people that lost their lives that day‚ known as the USS Arizona Memorial (History.net Staff 2). It is a National Monument located at the site of the sunken battleship USS Arizona in Pearl Harbor
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