Do you know why World War 2 occurred? This is how it all began… Pearl Harbor was the devastating attack on December 7th‚ 1941. This battle was the importance of the Americans in World War 2.The attack on Pearl Harbor‚ also known as the Battle of Pearl Harbor‚ the Hawaii Operation or Operation AI by the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters‚ and Operation Z during planning‚ was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor. To start
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Hawaiian island named Oahu. A attack that lasted about one-hundred and ten minutes started not long after 7:30 A.M. While sailors where sleeping or eating breakfast‚ the first wave of 189 Japanese planes came down upon Pearl Harbor‚ dropping groups of torpedo bombs onto the fleet. A little after 8:00 A.M a 1‚800 pound bomb shattered through the deck of the battleship USS Arizona which made the ship flip forward. About seven seconds after the bomb hit; a cataclysmic explosion went off from the forward
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countries in the world. This socialist government strongly relies on foreign aid to feed its own citizens but even such aid started to diminish as North Korea displayed behaviors that are extremely violent and inhumane in nature. For example‚ the recent torpedo attack of the South Korean warship‚ Chonan-ham‚ and bomb shelling the island of Yeonpyung were decisions made by Pyongyang to threaten the peace of the peninsula. Also‚ the sole fact that the South Korean government started to send food aids in the
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World War II was not a small battle with little loss‚ it was a complex war that consisted of many separate smaller battles and almost every country was involved. The battle I chose‚ that contributed to World War II‚ is the Battle of Guadalcanal. I chose this battle‚ due to my family connections to Guadalcanal. Also‚ because it is a topic that you do not hear about often‚ when talking about World War II. Finally‚ it is the first major participation in the Pacific war. In this essay I will cover the
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Another battleship named USS Oklahoma had lots of big torpedos hit it‚with 400 men jumping off of the USS Oklahoma and swimming for their lives. But by the 1940’s the aircraft carries were more important than the battleships. President Franklin D.Roosevelt declared war the next day because of the attack at
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different things. The first was in place to be the driving force. The second wave was to damage the rest of the ships that were left standing. The first wave had most of the ammunition to ruin the main ships. A weapon used that was very effective was torpedos which could be shot in shallow water and create a large amount of damage to the ships. There were also air strikes. These air strikes were directed toward the most valuable ships that the Americans had. Dive bombers were in place so that they could
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For instance‚ in Star Trek they have phasers‚ pulse‚ torpedo weapons‚ and shields. While Star Wars has light sabers‚ ion cannons‚ shields‚ laser canons and blasters. Also‚ Star Wars offers different varieties of these weapons depending on the movie. I’ve been told that fans of Star Trek get more into Star Trek
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