their right arm so they could easily draw their bow. Knights wore armor made of chain mail. When bows and crossbows became more common they started to wear complete suits of plate armor made of metal. (Documents C‚ D) The Samurai followed the code of Bushido. It consisted of discharging loyal service to his master‚ deepening his loyalty to his friends‚ and devoting himself to duty above all. Each Knight followed the code of Chivalry. He took the vows of true knighthood‚ solemnly promising to do no wicked
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Osborn) 3. “1 million men were mustered for the assault on the Japanese homeland” (Thomas and Osborn). B. The U.S. assault would have cost just as many Japanese lives‚ if not more‚ than those cost by the atomic bombs. 1. Japanese fight by the code of bushido‚ which means they would not surrender (Beck 498). 2. The United States was prepared to use poisoned gas and other deadly weapons in an assault on Japan (Thomas and Osborn). III. The American firebombing had taken a drastic toll on Japanese civilians
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Who would win‚ Samurai or Knight? To begin Knights and Samurai have a lot of common traits‚ but they also have differences. Traits that they both share are‚ they are warriors who protect their land. But a difference is that they have different weapons‚armor‚training and different religions. While knights and samurai have many similarities‚ in a one on one battle‚ the advantage would be given to the knight and this can be seen in their training‚armor‚and their Honor Code. The first way that
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Re-conquest of the Philippines by General MacArthur‚ commander of the US troops in the pacific‚ cut off Japan from its oil supplies = loss of 60 million barrels of oil a year. Japanese resistance Japanese resistance was fanatical – warrior code of bushido. • Iwo Jima → tiny island defended by 22‚000 Japanese troops‚ only 212 were taken prisoner • At Okinawa‚ the Americans faced 70‚000 troops in well prepared positions with support from kamikaze (suicide) aircraft • Kamikazes would fly their airplanes
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What do we look for in order to attain competitive advantage? Where will we look? How will we find it? Well‚ there are a lot of questions that could be asked so that we can source out a firm’s competitive advantage. Several things are needs to be assessed‚ evaluated and decided on in order to formulate a firm’s competitive advantage. For Jay Barney‚ the author of Looking inside for competitive advantage‚ a company’s competitive advantage can be source out from its external opportunities and threats
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spirit. At the end of World War II‚ the Japanese society was heavily militarized and fanatically devoted to serving Emperor Hirohito‚ who was viewed as a living god by his subjects. Therefore‚ the entire country of Japan lived by the warrior code of bushido‚ ready to fight for the defense of their mainland. Despite this fatalistic readiness for a final fight‚ the Japanese were not ready for experiencing the terror of nuclear warfare. The tragic events at Hiroshima and Nagasaki forced the Japanese nation
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Was Truman justified in his decision to drop the Atomic Bomb? On August 6th‚ 1945‚ the United States dropped the first ever Atomic weapon on Hiroshima‚ Japan. 140‚000 people lost their lives‚ most of which were civilians. President Truman was in charge of this major decision‚ and he made the correct choice. The alternative solutions were much too costly for the United States‚ both in expenses and American casualties. Another reason Truman’s decision is justified was due to the declination of the
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self-confidence‚ and respect‚ the Japanese named the smooth techniques of Jiu-Jitsu “the Gentle Way”. The Samurais adopted jiu-Jitsu as a superior form of self-defense and a form of life‚ the art form highlighted their own code of conduct known as “Bushido”‚ way of the warrior. Esai Maeda Koma‚ also known as "Conde Koma"‚ who was one of the most well known masters. After traveling with a troupe‚ which fought in various countries in Europe and the Americas. Koma arrived in Brazil in 1915 and settled
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“would achieve real power over existence” (Mishima 57) since they have murdered a kitten. To add to this‚ the death of the kitten assists the reader in acknowledging Noboru’s customary values. Noboru and his friends are a vivid representation of the Bushido code that requires one to have full authority over their mind and body. Murdering the kitten allows Noboru to feel supremacy and provides
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centralization of strong lordships‚ whether as kings (such as England or France’s rulers) or territorial rules (Holy Roman empire)‚ undercut the localization of government which was essential to feudalism. Japan’s warriors had to follow the code of Bushido which is very similar to the Code of Chivalry which the knights of Europe followed. The Emperor of Japan was seen as a god unlike Europe who saw their kings and queens as ruling by permission by god not as god his/her
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