In my essay‚ I will be comparing Tora! Tora! Tora! and Pearl Harbor. In the obvious sense‚ both movies were about the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Pearl Harbor was made in 2001 by Touchtone Pictures and Tora! Tora! Tora! was made by Twentieth Century Fox in 1970. There is a big difference in the making of the movies‚ which means the special effects will be different and so will the context. But the story frame will be the same. In Tora! Tora! Tora!‚ the movie was mostly based on the Japanese in planning
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A terrible tragedy occurred on December 7‚ 1941‚ Japanese planes pounced on a naval base in Hawaii near Pearl Harbor. The attack lasted only two hours‚ but the results were tragic. Huge battleships were at the bottom of the ocean‚ more than 2‚000 American soldiers dead‚ and 1‚000 wounded soldiers. The U.S didn’t sit on their ass‚ they declared war on Japan for their unexpected barrage. FDR was the U.S current president and he was hiding an atomic bomb that could ruin Japan and it was going to be
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Others ways of thinking also worked against the Americans and contributed to the tragedy at Pearl Harbor. It was thought that keeping the United States Pacific fleet in Hawaii instead of California would actually discourage a Japanese attack (At Dawn We Slept 37) Many Americans thought that Hawaii was an invincible fortress and was too well defended for the Japanese to attack. (At Dawn We Slept 96-97) The question was “will the Japanese attack?” instead of “can they attack?”. It was thought that
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years ago on a large naval base in a small state named Hawaii the United States of America was secretly attacked by the Japanese. Today‚ this dramatic event is known as Pearl Harbor. Pearl Harbor is credited for pushing the United States into World War Two. Usually‚ the American public lacks a detailed knowledge of Pearl Harbor. The Japanese way of life attributed to the way that they attacked the United States. The Japanese felt that rather than surrender they would kill themselves in honor
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December 7th‚ 1941. “A date which will live in infamy” as coined by president Franklin D. Roosevelt. Few events in United States History have had such a impact as Pearl Harbor. World War II already underway‚ Japan was encroaching on more territory in the Pacific while German forces were expanding over Europe. Public opinion prevented any direct entrance for the United States to enter as there was a divide among those who opposed becoming involved--non- interventionists -- and those who supported
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt changes tones throughout his Pearl Harbor speech to reassure and inform his audience. In his speech FDR creates the tones of informative and reassurance by using repetition. Roosevelt only uses these two different tones and shifts his tone in the middle of the speech. He begins the speech informing the people what has happened and then then ends by reasurring the American people everything will be ok. The change in tone helps make the article sound less depressing and more
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Pearl Harbor Just before eight in the morning on December 7‚ 1941‚ an aerial assault was taking place on the United States Navy’s Pearl Harbor Naval Base‚ and the United States Army Schofield Barracks and Wheeler Airfield in Honolulu Hawaii. Hundreds of planes blackened out the morning sunshine‚ causing it to look like a cloudy day. Picture the sounds of rounds zipping past your ears and hitting the person next to you‚ hearing your fellow soldiers crying gout in agony while they fall to their
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Introduction Pearl Harbor was a very significant event in World War II‚ in some ways it changed the whole war‚ it may also be one of the most destructive events. Who was involved in Pearl Harbour? The general Hideki Tojo and admiral Isoroku Yamamoto played a very big role in the attack on Pearl Harbor. Tojo was seen as a dictator controlling the Japanese. The Japanese departed in northern japan. The Japanese military and navy was also involved in the attack on December 7 1941. The victims of the Pearl Harbor
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The attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7‚ 1941 was something that America will never forget. It was so big that it led America to declaring war on Japan. Why was it so big? On that day‚ Japan had bombed Pearl Harbor‚ the U.S. naval base and ended up killing 2‚403 people and injured another 1‚178‚ while destroying eight ships of the U.S. Pacific Fleet and 347 aircraft (TCI). However‚ there is still a mystery about this attack. What was the motive of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor? There is
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Pearl Harbor was an American naval base based in Honolulu‚ Hawaii which harbored eight American battle ships. Just before 8:00 AM on December 7th‚ 1941‚ Pearl Harbor was attacked by Japanese fighter planes. The attack lasted just two hours but left severe damages too many people stationed there‚ ships‚ planes‚ and the American people. The attack came as a surprise for the people of America and the men and women stationed at the naval base. Japanese fighter planes successfully destroyed twenty American
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