Hall Reporting- Comm. 225 Oct. 18th‚ 2013 Assignment #7 Reporting Speeches President Franklin D. Roosevelt has asked Congress to declare a state of war has existed between the United States and the Japanese empire since the Dec. 7th attacks on Pearl Harbor. “I believe that I interpret the will of the Congress and of the people when I assert that we will not only defend ourselves to the uttermost‚ but will make it very certain that this form of treachery shall never again endanger us.” The room
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Although World War II originated in Europe‚ Japan’s views on expansion aligned well with Germany’s and led to a strong alliance between the two‚ allowing war to spread towards the Pacific. Prior to Germany’s expansion into Sudetenland‚ Rhineland‚ and annexation of Austria‚ Germany had already withdrawn from the League of Nations. Hitler had convinced all of Germany that they needed Lebensraum or “Living Space” for the Aryan race‚ otherwise known as Germans (Fascist Expansion Notes). This push for
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Hiroshima Pearl Harbour was one of the most terrible acts in history. December 7‚ 1941 Japan bombed a naval base in Hawaii that was called Pearl Harbor. After this incident the U.S. declared decided to declare war on Japan. After a number of years in battle the U.S. was forced to make a major decision to invade Japan or use the atomic bomb. The U.S chose to drop Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan because they wanted to completely end the war with Japan. The U.S. thought this would end the war
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The year is 1941and all is well in the U.S. Then the bombing of Pearl Harbor forces America to make a very strong decision of entering World War 2. The bombing of Pearl Harbor claimed the lives 2‚500 people on the land and on the 18 ships the Japanese attacked. Indeed an extremely melancholy day for the citizens of America. However‚ all was not lost‚ after some time in the war‚ two major events immediately changed the tide of the war. The Invasion of Normandy‚ and the creation of the Atomic Bomb
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In Westbrook’s Why We Fought‚ he makes a strong argument on how most people in the United States viewed the Axis powers‚ and more importantly Japan as real threat to their way of life. People were told that Japan was not only different that it was a country that embodied everything that the United States stood for‚ albeit that changed during the war. Not only that‚ but Westbrook mentions the differences between the Germans and the Japanese varied greatly‚ “The Nazis were bad Germans‚ to be judged
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After the December 7 1941‚ Japanese attack on the American naval fleet at Pearl Harbor‚ Hawaii‚ the United States was thrust into World War II -1939-45‚ and everyday life across the country was dramatically altered. Gas and clothing were rationed. Communities conducted scrap metal drives. To help build the armaments necessary to win the war‚ women found employment as electricians‚ welders and riveters in defense plants. Japanese Americans had their rights as citizens stripped from them. People in
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time to strengthen nations threatened or attacked. When France fell and England came under siege in 1940‚ he began to send Great Britain all possible aid short of actual military involvement. * Third Term * When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7‚ 1941‚ Roosevelt directed organization of the Nation’s manpower and resources for global war. * Feeling that the future peace of the world would depend upon relations between the United States and Russia‚ he devoted much thought
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the war. In the Battle of Midway‚ Japan attempted to seize the island of Midway‚ located over one thousand miles northwest of Honolulu. If Japan could secure the island‚ it would have a perfect base from which to launch devastating attacks on Pearl Harbor. In the Battle of Midway‚ the United States fought the Japanese by aircraft in June of 1942. After losing four important carriers and many planes‚
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II. For starters‚ the Code Talkers weren’t white men. They were actually indians who lived normal lives. The Code Talkers weren’t all Navajos. There also were the Cherokee and Choctaw indians too. Things were going bad for the United States. Pearl Harbor was just two days earlier and that was extremely devastating for people. Japan figured out America’s code‚ so they knew what our plans were. You might be wondering how‚ so I will tell you. Japan sent spies to learn our language and culture‚ then
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In america in the 1940’s japanese americans were put into internment camps. This can be compared to the salem witch trials in 1642. A similar comparison to the salem witch trials would be what america did to the mexican americans in 1930’s. Though there can be many similarities there can also be many differences between these three events. In this essay i will discuss the similarities between each other and also the differences. The similarities between these three events in american history in
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