On August 1 1923 a massive earthquake hit Tokyo‚ Japan. The great Kanto earthquake of 1923 impacted Japan not only in a negative way‚ but also in a positive way. The Kanto earthquake impacted Japan by giving the people of Japan an opportunity to be a hero‚ start over and rebuild bigger and better‚ and help strengthen the bond of the Japanese people. The Kanto earthquake was one of the worst earthquakes that ever happened in Japan. Although Japan is hit by earthquakes all the time this is one of
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This would cause the U.S. military changed strategy‚ developing tactics that attack back the war raised by Japan. In this way‚ they would use equipped with flamethrower units supported by artillery and covered by machine guns to clear the enemy caches. Note the use of the Navajo code by radio operators that allowed the impermeability of the communications of
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WWII Era Background: Pearl Harbor All-out conflict between the U.S. and Japan had been looming for so long that each nation had developed plans for large-scale combat since the 1920s. however‚ tensions did not begin to seriously escalate until Japan invaded Manchuria in 1931. Over the next ten years‚ Japan maintained its momentum in expanding into China‚ leading to major conflict between those nation states in 1937. Japan spent
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Evaluation of sources - Analysis - Conclusion - Bibliography Summary of evidence Japan attacked Pearl Harbor on Hawaii December 7‚ 1941.1 It was a surprise attack; Japan didn’t declare war before the event.2 Around 3700 Americans were killed or injured.3 The attack on Pearl Harbor brought the US into the war.4 Germany declared war against US nearly immediately after.5 Hitler was furious that Japan had declared war on US because he had not acquired full control of continental Europe.
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Clayton Was Wrong About Japan Clayton was born in a middle-class household to two White parents and raised Protestant. His Great Grandfather served in World War 2 fighting against Japan in the Pacific Theater. Coming from rural Indiana‚ he was not often exposed to people who weren’t also White Protestants of a similar class. Clayton was an American through and through. You could say that he bled red‚ white‚ and blue. He was very nationalistic about the United States‚ often saying things such as‚
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Pearl Harbor was deliberately attacked by the Japanese on December 7‚ 1941. Reports indicate that 2400 people were killed and 1300 were wounded. [1-ap] The reason Japan bombed Pearl Harbor was because that was where all of the U.S. Navy ships were positioned. The Americans went on the offensive against the Japanese in the Pacific in mid-1942. The United States dropped the first atomic bomb on‚ a medium-sized Japanese city‚ Hiroshima on August 6‚ 1945. The second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki on August
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1. What was the impact of the World War 2 on Japan? “The centers of both cities were flattened‚ and as many as 80‚000 inhabitants of Hiroshima and 40‚000 of Nagasaki perished almost instantly from the force and intense heat of the explosions” (Strayer‚ 912). Therefore‚ the Japanese had to go through the hard time after World War 2‚ they witnessed the death of their families‚ their friends. A lot of houses were destroyed‚ families were torn apart‚ and many survivors have to suffer because of
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embargo placed on Japan by the U.S. Japan felt that America was standing in the way of Japan becoming a world power. In 1938‚ japan announced a plan to create a new world order in East Asia. (Doc C) Japanese leaders believed that the old order controlled by United States and European countries was crumbling. It would be replaced by a new system and Japan would be the leader of the "new order". (Doc A) Also‚ the map in Document B shows that the new Japanese order was becoming a fact. Japan established
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Shintoism is the oldest religion in Japan that emphasizes on the relationship between human and nature. Some ritual that the Japanese practices to maintain the link between the human and nature include‚ worshipping the ancestor‚ and honoring the spirits. The Japanese built a monastery called the Yasukuni Shrine to house the deceased one that fought for the country. The people that are enshrined in the Yasukuni Shrine include soldiers‚ sailor‚ and workers that supplied the weapons for the wars. These
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Therefore‚ the United States had more men ready and capable to fight. What wasworse for Japan than losing these pilots and other Air Force personnel was losing several trainedmechanics and other airplane technicians (“Battle of Midway”). Losing specially trained men incombat is a tremendous blow to one’s war effort. Training takes time. Having
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