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    Means that everyone should spend more time in preparation because it makes the actual task easier because of preparation. The quote can be related to the historic event the attack on Pearl Harbor because after that. President Franklin D. Roosevelt passes the executive order 9066 which was unconstitutional because it violated the rights of the Japanese citizens because they lost their liberty without a fair trial. Next this quote can be

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    Why Did Japan Justified?

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    declaration of this war japan had made an agreement with the U.S in which they gave them a friendship medal signifying peace. Turns out that wasn’t the case japan actually backstabbed the U.S and on the morning of December 7th‚ 1941 the japanese attacked Pearl Harbor destroying nearly 20 American ships and more than 300 airplanes. About 2‚403 sailors‚ soldiers and civilians were killed and about 1‚000 people were wounded. After that the U.S could no longer trust Japan for many reasons they decided to fight

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    captured by Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal. As it has been studied and proven time in and time out‚ the media was a driving force behind gathering support for entering the second world war after Pearl Harbor was bombed in December of 1941. Just like when someone hears the words “Pearl Harbor” they think‚ “a day that will live in infamy”‚ similarly when “Iwo Jima” is uttered‚ the first image that comes to mind is that one captured atop Mount Suribachi. Since the day that image was first released

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    Overall‚ 3‚397 men lost their lives in the Battle of Midway‚ 3‚057 Japanese men and 340 Americans died. Thus the Japanese never fully recovered from the major casualties. In 1942‚ the Battle of Midway‚ a battle in the Pacific between the Japanese and the United States‚ was the turning point of the war and a major victory for the United States of America. Before the Battle of Midway‚ plans were made and many little events occurred. The Japanese wanted to eliminate United States carrier forces.

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    Internment camps and barbed wire fences. Japan bombed Pearl Harbor and America went into fight or flight‚ they put all Japanese in an internment camp to stop them from having any connections with the Emperor and trying to sabotage America until the war was over. Internment camps and concentrations camps weren’t made for the same thing because‚ Germany was prejudice against the jews and put them in concentration camps out of hate‚ Nazi concentration camps and Jewish internment camps are not essentially

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    drastically changed the landscape of sports in America and formed them to become what they are today. World War II started in the year 1939 and lasted until 1945. The United States was not brought into the war until 1941 because of the bombing on Pearl Harbor. Young people from all over the country joined in the war effort to help fight. This included people that already had jobs and people that did not have jobs. In this time period men mostly made up the sports field. The effects on basketball

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    reaction to the bombing of Pearl Harbor. The raid was an aerial attack on the Japanese home islands. During and after the attack‚ it was recognized that Japan was exposed to any air attacks. When news of the raid reached Americans‚ morale boosted immensely as they waited for the retaliation from the Japanese. There was a lot of planning for the raid during those months when President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave the OK for an attack on December 21‚ 1941. 14 days after Pearl Harbor‚ President Franklin D

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    American way of life was changed overnight with the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Americans were outraged over the loss of more than two thousand lives. Ready or not‚ the United States was at war; all Americans’ way of life would be affected. The most interesting changes included industrial transformation to war production‚ increased bias toward Japanese Americans and other minorities‚ and combat for the armed forces. When the United States entered WWII‚ the nation was not prepared for a major

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    The Battle of Midway is one of the most famous battles from World War II. It took place in the Pacific theater between 4 and 7 June 1942. This was only six months after the Japanese had devastatingly bombed Pearl Harbor propelling the United States to join the war. Despite the short time-frame for the U.S. being involved in the war‚ Midway would prove to be the turning point in the Pacific and if the U.S. had not managed to preserve that tiny atoll the Pacific Ocean could very well be dominated to

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    based in Pearl Harbour‚ Hawaii. In around just two hours‚ America suffered from approximately 3‚435 casualties including 2‚000 deaths. The shattering defeat cost the U.S‚ 8 battle ships and around 200 airplanes. The following day‚ President Roosevelt asked Congress to declare war on Japan. This was approved‚ and more than two years into the conflict‚ America had eventually fully committed to the war. December of 1941‚ fundamentally altered the United States and its role globally. Pearl Harbour changed

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