started to prepare their troops for war in the Pacific by creating a propaganda film called Know your Enemy: Japan‚ which was produced by Frank Capra. The film gave an overview of the Japanese religious beliefs‚ customs‚ and history. It even included original Japanese footage (Dower‚ 2006‚ pg. 19). The propaganda film also described the concept of Gyokusai‚ which
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base at Pearl Harbor on the morning of December 7th‚ l941. World War II was fought between the Axis‚ which included Germany‚ Italy and Japan‚ and the Allied included Britain‚ United States‚ Soviet Union and France. More than 50 million people died during the war. It was the most terrible war in the history of humanity. Since America entered the war suddenly after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor‚ many people left their jobs and went to the military‚ which helped to end unemployment crisis cause by The Great
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vulnerable from the air‚ but sabotage was considered more of a threat than an aerial attack (At Dawn We Slept 41-43) In addition‚ the focus of the United States in the Pacific was on defending their military base in the Philippines‚ which was closer to Japan. (At Dawn We Slept 293-294) Chief of Naval Operations Harold R. Stark had warned the American fleet’s commander at Pearl Harbor‚ Rear Admiral Husband Kimmel on October 16‚
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United States launched a surprise attack on the Japanese Imperial Navy near Midway on June 4‚ 1942. The Japanese planned to attack Midway and destroy the remaining ships in the United States Pacific Fleet. However‚ the United States knew something Japan did not. The Battle of Midway was significant because it was the turning point of World War II in the favor of the Allies. There were multiple events that led up to the Battle of Midway. Just six months earlier‚ on December 7‚ 1941‚ the Japanese
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War Without Mercy John Dower’s War Without Mercy talks about the racial conflict in War World II towards the Japanese and how it affected the war and the reconstruction of the Pacific. “The Japanese were more hated than the Germans before as well as after Pearl Harbor. On this‚ there was no dispute among contemporary observers. They were perceived as a race apart‚ even a species apart -- and an overpoweringly monolithic one at that. There was no Japanese counterpart to the ’good German’ in the popular
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advance knowledge of Japan’s intentions was the U.S government’s success in cracking Japan’s secret communication code called “Purple”. Japan used it to communicate to its government groups‚ including some in Washington and Hawaii. A group of talented Americans broke this code in the 1940’s and this‚ developed U.S intelligence on both the War and Navy departments in Japan and revealed Japan’s political messages. All of these decoded
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After Pearl Harbor‚ the United States and Japan didn’t get along‚ war in the Pacific erupted and disagreements flourished. For very important reasons of course‚ neither would go down without a fight and defending their country was important. But‚ during World War II‚ the United States wasn’t the only country hated by the Japanese. Especially during World War II‚ the Japanese didn’t really like anyone‚ their belief was based off of‚ they were superior and just better than everyone else. But their
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the power of the nobles is by breaking down their castles. The reason he broke down the castles was because he didn’t want the nobility to rebel against him. This relates to Tokugawa because he also destroyed the castles of daimyos (The nobles of Japan). Tokugawa had many restrictions for the daimyos. The reason he had restrained them from their property is so they don’t rebel against the shogun‚ which is Tokugawa. He also restricted who the daimyos should marry and what they should wear. Both Tokugawa
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The study of Japanese literature is usually divided into classical Japanese literature and modern Japanese literature. Line of demarcation is 1868‚ the date of the Meiji Restoration. Pre-Meiji Japan Tokugawa Period (1600-1868) = Period of Great Peace = Maintenance of the status quo = Domains and Daimyō frozen in status 1. Official ideology -- Neo-Confucianism Before Tokugawa period‚ Confucianism played subordinate role in Japanese thought. Confucianism remained a secular moral and political
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forever changed the history of America. Starting just before 8 a.m. Pearl Harbor was bombed by Japan‚ and the Japanese were bombed by Japan‚ and the Japanese were able to destroy about 8 battleships‚ 20 American naval vessels‚ and 300+ airplanes. Pearl Harbor is an American naval base near Honolulu‚ Hawaii. The next day President Franklin D. Roosevelt did the right thing to ask Congress to declare war on Japan.. And they had approved with only one vote against it. Up until December 7‚ 1941 the United
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