secure a Japanese apology for the Nanking atrocities is meaningless because many of the perpetrators and victims are now dead. Thus‚ a Japanese apology would be an empty gesture that has no meaning. "We will probably never know exactly what news Hirohito received about Nanking as the massacre was happening‚" she writes‚ " but the record suggests that he was exceptionally pleased by it" (p. 179). How can one measure the meaning of another person’s life? How can one measure the devastation that is
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could not stay away any longer‚ bring the US into Japan and Europe. Supporting the US army‚ Geisel uses the cartoon‚ What Have You Done Today To Help Save Your Country From Them?‚ to obtain support for our country. The portrayal of Hilter and Hirohito‚ is comical because they are making weird faces. The message is for people to feel obligated to assist our country in defeating them. Though amused‚ some cannot take humor seriously in this solemn situation. The Holocaust is arguably the world’s
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Soon after Pearl Harbor‚ Japan was able to quickly gain control over a large area of the Pacific including the Solomons‚ Burma‚ Aleutians‚ and the Philippines. About 6 months after Pearl Harbor‚ the Allies were able to intercept and break many of the Japanese codes allowing the United States to engage the Japanese Naval fleet strategically at their weakest points. In 1942‚ the U.S. Navy brought on the first carrier battle in history in the Coral Sea at the Battle of Midway. The Battle began when
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In 1945 Japan’s world was shook upside down. The first Atomic Bomb was dropped on Hiroshima Japan. The United States dropped the bomb on Hiroshima. They also dropped the bomb from a B-29 plane. Hiroshima has estimated that 237‚000 people were killed directly or indirectly by the bomb effects such as burns ‚ radiation sickness and cancer. Hiroshima is located in Japan on Hiroshima Bay. This city was targeted because it had not been targeted during the US Air Force conventional bombing raids on Japan
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bomber dropped another A-bomb on the Japanese city of Nagasaki which killed an estimation of 40‚000 people. The two bombings have remained as the only use of nuclear weapons in war in the world’s history. Later on‚ on August 15‚ 1945‚ Japan’s Emperor Hirohito made an announcement in a radio address that his country had
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HIdeki Tojo was japanese general born in Tokyo on Dec. 30‚ 1884.(1) He was the eldest son in his family and followed in his father‚Hidenori Tōjō’s footsteps attending military school and joining the military. (3) He married his wife Katsuko Tojo together they had 3 sons Hidetake‚ Teruo and Toshio and four daughters Mitsue‚ Makie‚ Sachie and Kimie. Tojo was Politically‚ a fascist‚ nationalist‚ and militarist‚ and was nicknamed "Razor" or Kamisori‚ for his reputation of having a sharp and legalistic
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Germany Italy‚ Japan. These groups were led by many leaders most of them were very famous because of several federal and democratic reasons. The leaders were joseph Stalin‚ Winston Churchill‚ Eduard Daladier‚ Franklin d‚ Adolf Hitler‚ Benito Mussolini‚ Hirohito‚ respectively as the countries are written. The three main battles of the war were Battle of Britain‚ Battle of Midway‚ Battle of Moscow and so on. The European Theatre of World War II‚ also known as the European War‚ was a huge area of heavy fighting
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World War II has started with the invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany under Adolf Hitler in 1939 and ended in 1945. It is considered as the most geographically widespread war the world has ever witnessed. There were two major sides of the war named as Axis which mainly represent Germany‚ Italy and Japan; Allies which mainly represent Great Britain‚ The United States‚ Soviet Union and France. World War II is the most destructive global war in human history with around 50-60 million deaths both from
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the war. This resulted in the unexpected Allied Forces: the Soviet Union (Josef Stalin)‚ the United States (Franklin Roosevelt)‚ and Great Britain (Winston Churchill). And the Axis Powers were joined together as well: Germany (Adolf Hitler)‚ Japan (Hirohito)‚ and Italy (Benito
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Key events of World War 2 WW2 started September 1‚ 1939 and ended September 2‚ 1945 Leaders of the Allies were Joseph Stalin‚ Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill Leaders of the Axis were Adolf Hitler‚ Emperor Hirohito and Benito Mussolini 1 September 1939 - Hitler invades Poland 3 September - Britain and France declare war on Germany September 5‚ 1939 - United States proclaims its neutrality September 10‚ 1939 - Canada declares war on Germany November 1939 - The Winter war begins
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