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    scheduled for November 1945. Truman was of course reluctant to launch another land invasion as he had just suffered from the battle of Okinawa. The Japanese had defended their home islands with huge ferocity sending out one hundred and ninety three kamikaze planes. Out of these attacks launched against the American fleet‚ 169 were destroyed. Those planes that managed to get through did cause a great deal of damage‚ especially to America’s carrier fleet which unlike the British carriers did not have

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    countless American lives while doing so. By using the Atomic Bomb the United States would become the premier military powerhouse of the world. The Japanese had demonstrated their willingness to fight to the death. This is proven through the countless kamikaze attacks they had carried out on American

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    1945 August 14th President Harry S Truman had just declared victory over Japan. America was overjoyed at the news that the bloodiest war in history was finally coming to an end. This caused for huge celebrations all over the US. This moment was captured perfectly when Alfred Eisenstaedt took the famous picture of the sailor kissing the nurse in Time Square. The Kissing Sailor photo shows the excitement toward the end of the war and reminds americans why they should get out of war. The identity of

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    held by the militarists not the civilians so that the innocent should not be responsible for the war. While the opponents think that the drop of bomb was right‚ since it ended the war much earlier‚ preventing more people from being murdered by the kamikaze Japanese soldiers and alarmed the world the danger of the using of the atomic bomb. That is the reason why no nuclear bomb has been dropped after then though most countries own nuclear weapons. According to the dropping of the atomic bomb helped

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    The Bushido Code

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    The first part is saying that the modern today Japan‚ it’s military is using the virtues of Bushido to have respect towards their superiors and to their President of Japan. Even during WW2 where the Japanese fighters kamikaze enemy vehicles and also when they are defeated during battle by decapitating their heads. The second part is saying that when the samurai were erased from Japan‚ Bushido was forgotten but they come up with the Imperial Bushido Code. The Imperial

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    Over the history of the United States‚ people have been debating over the issue of US using the atomic bomb on Japan. Some may feel that United States was justified and others might feel that US was not justified. The usage of atomic bomb in Japan might seem wrong today‚ but it was the best option during the war. The United States was justified in using the atomic bombs against Japan in World War II. Some may feel that the United States was justified in using atomic bombs against Japan. The US

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    Bats and Vocab 18

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    Great khans­ title of imperial rank in the Mongolian and Turkic languages equal to the status  of emperor    Khubilai­  The emperor Yuan dynasty in Mongolia and China‚ a division of the Mongol Empire.    Yuan Dynasty­ The dynasty ruled by Khubilai    Kamikaze ­ Divine winds    Rabban sauma­ monk turned diplomat of the Church of the East faith    Marco Polo­ Marco Polo was a Venetian merchant traveller    Bubonic plague ­ A deadly disease‚ that was easily spread in the medieval times‚ mostly due  to lack of hygiene 

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    UPG Quotes Notes: Do not put page numbers in your essay! You can use these ideas but not the wording. Pg Quote Explanation or Connection to Belonging or to the Role of Language 1 ‘like a chicken talking to a duck’ Expresses how silly communication sounds between speakers of two languages. 7 ‘all went to bed with clothes-hangers shoved in their mouths.’ Their wide grins reflect their joy at getting new things freely from the AU Gov. This helped them with basic needs and to adjust to

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    Hitlers Foreign Policys

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    Dictatorship and Democracy In Europe 1920-1945 Key Personalities Hitler’s Foreign Policy Aims ● ● ● GROSSDEUTSCHLAND: ’big Germany’‚ unite all german speakers into 1 big country (Germany‚ Austria‚ Poland‚ Czechoslovakia‚ France) Remilitarise Rhineland LEBENSRAUM: ’living space’‚ more territory for Germany (e.g. Poland‚ Russia‚ Czechoslovakia) ● Increase size of military‚ navy‚ air force etc... ● Reintroduce conscriptions ● Stop paying reparations ● Colonies/empire

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    Axis Power Essay

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    The United States victory over the Axis powers was due to stronger production‚ more man power‚ and superior weapons. Leading to World War II the Unites States and the world was in the midst of the Depression. Businesses were struggling to keep their doors open‚ and had few employees. During the Depression twenty five percent of the population was unemployed. World War II was able to bring the Country out of the depression by injecting money into the economy to prepare for the assault on the Axis

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