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    The Battle of Britain and the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor were events that played a big role in World War II. Both took place in the 1940’s. The Battle of Britain took place between July and October in 1940 while the Pearl Harbor Attack took place on December 7th‚ 1941. Germany started the Battle of Britain while their allie‚ Japan‚ bombed Pearl Harbor in Hawaii‚ US. Both events were the cause of an effort to destroy war materials such as aircrafts or battle ships. The Battle of Britain was

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    Pearl Harbor and the Coming of the Pacific War  The "Hull note" convinced the Japanese leadership that negotiations with the US would lead nowhere. How do you assess the Hull note? Do you think the Hull note was reasonable or not?  How do you assess the Japanese reaction to it? It seems as though much of the conflict between Japan and the United States‚ which eventually resulted in the bombing of Pearl Harbor and United States eventual entry into World War I‚ was in part due to miscommunication

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    day of the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor‚ December 7‚ 1941‚ would live in infamy. Pearl Harbor was just a prelude to what the United States was getting into‚ when joining World War II. Not only was Pearl Harbor the beginning of a very long and horrific conflict‚ but it was also ushered in one of the worst violations of civil liberties in U.S. history. This was the blatant disregard of Japanese Americans’ human rights. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor‚ American Japanese citizens were seen

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    defense bases at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. This disaster could have occurred for several reasons. Japanese decoded messages made it clear that war was imminent. It was the fault of the United States government for not providing adequate information to commanders in Hawaii detailing Japan ’s intentions. However‚ it was equally the fault of the local commanders at Pearl Harbor for not acting on whatever information they were provided. The overall cause of the attack on Pearl Harbor was a combination

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    On December 7‚ 1941 Pearl Harbor took place once it was over President Roosevelt named this date as "a date that will live in infamy." this date is what brought the americans into World War II. his date will always be remembered in the way that it will never be forgotten. That was the day Japan took their revenge on america. This day was also the day that President Roosevelt declared war with Japan. Once Pearl Harbor finished there was one man who was blamed and that one man was James Lawrence

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    People did not think that we are going to have another World War after the Great War had ended until Hitler’s first invasion of Poland. Germany‚ Italy‚ and Japan joined on one side to fight against the Allied powers. In Asia‚ Japan wanted to expand their territories so they start invading other countries included China and Philippines. The Japanese admiral saw the U.S Navy Fleet in Hawaii as a threat to Japan. Therefore‚ on a Sunday of December 7‚ 1941‚ thousands of Japanese airplanes and battle

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    Imperial Japan attacked Pearl Harbor out of fear of the U.S. Navy trying to stop Japan from invading China‚ Japan was low on resources‚ so when Roosevelt put the oil embargo on Japan they felt as if this was the U.S. defending China‚ so in 1941 Japan attacked the Navy stationed at Pearl Harbor to prevent the Navy from physically defending China. The Manhattan Project started in 1942 and ended in 1945. The Manhattan Project started due to Albert Einstein having a desire to show F.D.R. the amount of

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    Why Should We Study the Past? Pearl S. Buck once said‚ “If you want to understand today‚ you have to search yesterday.” In order for us as a people to know where we are going in life‚ we must study the past of our ancestors to find out where we have been. The human animal by its very nature is curious. We must know the answers to‚ who‚ what‚ where‚ when‚ why and how. We cannot help ourselves from asking these questions‚ and we cannot stop ourselves from going in search of the answers. We have

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    In Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Attack on Pearl Harbor‚ inflammatory language is used as a persuasive technique to try and get the citizens of the United States angered and mournful about the bombing of pearl harbor. The point of writing this speech is to persuade Americans to support the war‚ and that there was a good reason to go to war. Also‚ he wanted to convince congress to declare war‚ which minutes later they did. He uses hate filled inflammatory language to appeal to the audience’s emotion‚ calling

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    and Japan started in July 1937 and ended in December 1941. On December 7‚ 1941 the Japanese Navy attacked the United States airbase at Pearl Harbor‚ Hawaii. This came as a surprise to the American government that had previously had a series of extensive peace talks with Japanese diplomats. Many have asked why the Japanese went to war against the United States and why the United States government “provoked” the attack. Diplomats from each government tried to attain peace‚ after a string of Japanese

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