Amanda Pesce November 11‚ 2008 History Paper 2 Pearl Harbor The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise strike by the Japanese navy against the United States. As a result of this‚ the United States became involved in World War II. Pearl Harbor was attacked on December 7‚ 1941‚ Sunday morning. Before the attack‚ Americans ignored the war and continued sending the British ships and tanks while their enemies were making bombs. Americans had cut off the Japanese oil supply. They only had
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Italy‚ Japan‚ and Russia asking them to say that they would not interfere with the trading going on in China. The notes stated that all European nations and the United States were allowed to trade within China without restriction by other countries. Each nation tried to ignore the request saying that they could not commit until all of the other nations had complied‚ but in July 1900 Hay announced that each nation had granted consent. The only nations that voiced concern were Russia and Japan. The
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risk war with America or accept the US demands of retreat. Japan decided to attack the U.S. first in the hopes of prolonging their ability to be able to fight in the war and thus decided to destroy Pearl harbour the major U.S. naval base in the pacific. The Japanese had both political and strategic reasons those political reasons included reaffirming pride in the Japanese navy and the showcasing of the weak western society. Strategically Japan hoped that by attacking Pearl Harbour they would be able
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DBQ Essay (Roosevelt-Defense) In the morning of December 7‚ 1941 during World War 2 Pearl Harbor was attacked by Imperial Japan. This attack brought the U.S. into the war officially. Many feared that Japanese-Americans could be spies and racist attacks began for all Asian minorities. The U.S. government moved thousands of Japanese-Americans living in the Pacific Coast into internment camps inland. The Japanese-Americans lived in the camps for a majority of the war. In the camps they were fed‚ had
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primary source which is a transcript of Prime Minister Tojo’s speech at the Greater East Asia Conference‚ the Japanese claimed that their ambition in East Asia was driven by their desire to create an “Asia for Asians”. The source stands very firmly that Japan has no selfish reasons in East Asia. However‚ from the overview of the source‚ we know that the purpose of coming up with a motto “Asia for Asians” in the Greater East Asia Conference was to act as propaganda to help in the war effort against the West
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Introduction Chiba International is an American subsidiary of a Japanese company: Chiba Electronics. Chiba International is based in San Jose‚ California and has 70% of market share in the United States. They manufacture and sell high-quality electronics parts for integrated circuits. Chiba counts 14 out of the 24 top executives and 65 out of the 70 salesmen which are American. Japanese and American cultures are very different and the way to run a business is very different too. In this case
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drink?” In contrast‚ the U.S. They say clearly to anything. Third‚ Americans open a present in front of people‚ but Chinese don’t. Also they do not have a tipping system. So‚ people should follow the culture where you are in. In my country Japan‚ their culture build long tradition; such as people behave modest and respect without individualism‚ but Japanese culture is influenced by American value these days. At first‚ Japanese care about age what they communicate with someone
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Black nurses. There were over three hundred Black nurses that served in the Army Nurse Corps. However‚ The Navy Nurse Corps would still not accept any Black nurses. “A catastrophe in the low number of nurses was only avoided by the quick surrender of Japan following the atomic bombings. It wasn’t until the year 1945‚ that the Navy halt their active recruiting of nurses.” - (Blizkriegbaby) The inequality for military nurses had not ended even after the War was won. “When America entered World War II
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time of the Trinity test‚ the Allied powers had already defeated Germany in Europe. Japan‚ however‚ vowed to fight to the bitter end in the Pacific‚ despite clear indications (as early as 1944) that they had little chance of winning. In fact‚ between mid-April 1945 and mid-July‚ Japanese forces inflicted Allied casualties totaling nearly half those suffered in three full years of war in the Pacific‚ proving that Japan had become even more deadly when faced with defeat. In late July‚ Japan’s militarist
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island of Iwo Jima. Iwo Island was critical to both sides‚ because it was only 650 miles from Tokyo‚ Japan’s capitol. For America‚ it could be used as an emergency landing site for damaged bombers. For Japan‚ it could be used as an airbase for zeroes to intercept American bombing raids heading for Japan (iwojima.com). The battle for Iwo Jima may be the biggest battle in World War 2. America’s strategy for Iwo Jima was more brute force than tactical. American bombers bombed the volcanic island for 74
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