I (a sansei) thought I would pass along some brief thoughts on the movie "Pearl Harbor‚" which I saw Friday. Mostly‚ it was innocuous in a thoroughly Hollywood way. Which is to say‚ it truly is (as Disney hyped) a love story‚ framed around the attack‚ which is really just a plot device and an excuse for typical Bruckheimer explosions and fireballs. The film is not about the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. In fact‚ with more than 45 minutes left after the attack‚ the rest of the film takes a long
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The U.S. Navy Role in World War II Edson Mazepos Professor: Dr. Ramesh R. Boodhoo AMH 2030 20th American History 01/03/2013 Everest University Abstract World War II was the mightiest struggle humankind has ever seen. It killed more people‚ cost more money‚ damaged more property‚ affected more people‚ and caused more far-reaching changes in nearly every country than any other war in history. The number of people killed‚ wounded‚ or missing between September 1939 and September 1945 can
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Pearl Harbor The Pearl Harbor Attack Japan is smaller than California‚ with half of the population‚ why did japan attack Pearl Harbor? Pearl Harbor is an American naval base that is located in Hawaii. Japan had felt that the United States wanted to keep the world divided into two halves‚ America and Europe against the Japanese and East Asia. Due to several major events that happened between the United States and Japan‚ on December 7th‚ 1941 Japan attacked an American naval base. Japan attacked
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Japanese bombing at Pearl Harbor. Pearl Harbor was attacked on the morning of December 7‚ 1941 and would prove to be Japan’s greatest mistake‚ a mistake for which the consequences would extend throughout the war and well into Japan’s post-war future. More immediately‚ however‚ it would serve to drop the restraint which the U.S. had maintained as the war had raged on in Europe for over two years. The U.S. would have entered WWII even if the Japanese did not attack Pearl Harbor. The axis powers‚ Germany
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attack on our own. The outcome is complete pandemonium and will change the mindset forever‚ thus the attack on Pearl Harbor changed ours ceaselessly. The attack on Pearl Harbor will be known as one of the most devastating attacks on American Soil along with the Attack of September 11‚ 2001. We have fought numerous wars mostly abroad‚ but without a shadow of doubt the attack on Pearl Harbor will never be forgotten‚ and changed the way the military operates to the current day. Myself being an U.S
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Pearl Harbor The Japanese’s attack on Pearl Harbor was not a surprise attack on the United States‚ but that it what most people are led to believe. There was a prior attack on a boat in the ocean that they knew was by the Japanese‚ but the commander just sent fighter pilots to shoot them down‚ and did nothing following this event. I believe that we made the right decision in not preventing the Japanese from attacking Pearl Harbor‚ because this gave us a reason for entry into World War II. After
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Pearl Harbor During the early 19th century‚ Pearl Harbor was not used for large ships due to its shallow entrance. The interest of United States in the Hawaiian Islands followed its whaling and trading ships in the Pacific. As early as 1820‚ an "Agent of the United States for Commerce and Seamen" was appointed to look after American business in the Port of Honolulu. These commercial ties to the American continent were accompanied by the work of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign
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Pearl Harbor Research paper One of the most infamous days in history occurred on the morning of December 7th 1941 just shortly before 8 am. This was the day the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. The Japanese had started the endless with china in mid-1937. The Japanese need oil and other raw materials so the war in the pacific was inevitable. However we did not expect them to attack the east as well. The Japanese sent an air force with the most aerial power that the worlds ocean had never saw before
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Japanese to siege the border of China. They started an oil embargo in an attempt to decelerate Japan’s advances into China. In relation‚ Japan attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7‚ 1941 in Hawaii. There were at least three reasons why the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor these were the U.S. Embargo‚ Imperialism‚ and Oil trade. So why did Japan attack Pearl Harbor? One reason for the attack was Imperialism. For example it is evident in the passage from Document A that Japan intends on becoming a world power
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infamy" -President Roosevelt. Despite the horror of the war being waged in Europe and Asia‚ the United States was taking no part; until the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor brought them into flight. It was the beginning of America’s direct involvement in World War II. On December 7‚ 1941Japan bombed the military base in Hawaii called Pearl Harbor. But what significant reasons did the Japanese choose to start a war with the U.S.? The three main reasons for this massive attack is because of Japan’s plan
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