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    On December 8‚ 1941‚ President Franklin D. Roosevelt addressed a joint session of Congress‚ delivering what would become one of the most memorable speeches in American history. His request for Congress to declare war on Japan was prompted by the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor the previous day. Roosevelt’s eloquent appeal to Congress framed the attack as "a date which will live in infamy‚" and his request was met with near-unanimous support. Analyzing Roosevelt’s decision requires a nuanced understanding

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    Everyone knows about Pearl Harbor. But we never look at the Japanese point of view. Japan had many reasons to attack America. In the 1920’s Japan’s population boomed. They had so many babies‚ the limited resources of food and oil in Japan couldn’t meet everyone’s needs. Militarists in Japan saw an opportunity to get more resources. The oil-rich parts of China caught their hopeful eyes. The militarists proposed to the imperial government taking that part of China. But‚ the civil government turned

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    Why did Japan attack Pearl Harbor? Many hypotheses and theories exist for why that fateful day occurred in history. Was Japan trying to take over the world and the United States stood in their way? Did we deserve this? I believe Japan attacked Pearl Harbor for a combination of reasons. War is never simple and I have to believe that it is never just the fault of one. I believe that the combination of a breakdown of relations with the US‚ Japan’s imperialistic actions‚ and the US’s restriction on trade

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    December 1941‚ the first of two waves of Japanese aircraft began their attack on the US Pacific Fleet‚ moored at Pearl Harbor on the Pacific island of Oahu. Within two hours of the attack‚ five battleships had been sunk‚ another 16 damaged‚ and 188 aircraft destroyed. The two attacks killed just under 100 Japanese but over 2‚400 Americans‚ with another 1‚178 injured. The Japanese were lead by Tojo and Yamamoto. Pearl harbor was a massive event in history that will always be remembered‚ but catastrophic

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    How did Japan attack Pearl Harbor? Aloha! Such a peaceful Sunday morning‚ where everyone leisure around a beautiful serene Hawaiian Island‚ thinking about tropical fruits and beaches. How could anyone expect anything so terrible would happen? As we all know‚ Japan had been an aggressive country‚ expanding into their neighbor’s territory whenever they had economic problems. There had always been months of negotiations between Japan and U.S. It seemed that war was inevitable. With competent practice

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    day that will always be remembered in American history. At the time‚ President Franklin D. Roosevelt called that day “a date which will live infamy.” This is the day when the Japanese attacked America at Pearl Harbor. It was a surprise attack that was most definitely a cataclysmic one‚ when taking into consideration of more than 2‚500 lives taken. Because of this attack America got involved in World War II. Japan’s surprise attack was brought on by many factors. One of the reasons Japan striked was

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    airplanes attacked the naval base of Pearl Harbor with a horrendous attack. With this‚ the 32nd president of the United States‚ president Franklin Delano Roosevelt‚ gave his famous speech. Shortly after this‚ the British and United States declared war on Japan. Not so long after‚ Germany declares war on the United States. The attack of Pearl Harbor is to be said as the starting mark of America into the war of World War II. Now technically‚ the war started earlier in about 1921-1922‚ when Adolf Hitler

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    Attack on Pearl Harbor The Battle of Pearl Harbor‚ also most know as the attack on Pearl Harbor The Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service‚ planned a surprise military strike called Operation Z against the United Sates naval base at Pearl Harbor‚ Hawaii Territory‚ Untied states entered World War II‚ because of the attack. The attack it placed on December 7‚1941. At 7:48am Hawaiian time. February 1922 At the Washington Conference‚ nine nations‚ including Japan and the United States‚ accept limits on

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    Wake up‚ get dressed‚ and prepare your ship. That was a normal day for a soldier who was stationed at Pearl Harbor during World War II. But on the warm morning of December 7th‚ 1941‚ everything those soldiers knew would drastically be thrown aboard. For 25 year old Johnnie and Dale Gano‚ this was a normal day. They recall laying in bed at 8:00 that morning and debating whether or not to go to church in Honolulu that morning. (Gano‚ Johnnie and Dale) They remember hearing what sounded like their

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    known as a “Day of Infamy”‚ December 7‚ 1941‚ the Japanese empire launched a sneak attack on Pearl Harbor. Pearl Harbor was a U.S Navy base located on the island of O’ahu in Hawaii. Although America was neutral in the war‚ they were still manufacturing and supplying Great Britain to aid them during the war. In addition‚ America attempted to stop Japan from their military conquests in Asia and the Pacific. Pearl Harbor was the trigger factor that ended all debate of the question that America should

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