The attack came on December 7th of 1941. This sparked anger in Americans everywhere. Almost immediately‚ the United States was officially in the war and no longer neutral. In my opinion‚ and not just because I am American‚ I believe it was a horrific decision when Yamamoto planned to bomb Pearl Harbor. First of all‚ all it did was completely enrage a whole country and ensure that you (Japan) have gained
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The Lusitania The British ocean liner‚ Lusitania‚ amazed the world with its intricate design and incredibly far voyages. The technology implemented into the passenger ship had never been used on a public ship before. Unfortunately‚ during WWI the Lusitania was shot and sunk by German forces. On the bright side‚ the survivors had a lasting impact on their home country’s view of the war. The sinking of the Lusitania sparked many views against the Germans‚ which ultimately led to America joining the
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In Peter Li’s academic journal article‚ “Hirohito’s War Crimes Responsibility: The Unrepentant Emperor‚” Li challenges the common belief that Japanese Emperor Hirohito had little to no part in the war crimes committed by the Japanese military during his reign from 1926-1989 (The 25 Most Evil People in History). Li incorporates other authors’ opinions on the complex emperor to show the differing views of Emperor Hirohito as well as analyzes his true involvement in the Japanese endeavors during World
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Death versus fear are they the same thing? There are many differences between death and fear. The Japanese Internment Camps were for fear and the Nazi Concentration Camps were for death. So the two different camps were not the same thing. America had the camps because they got attacked by the Japanese. President Ford said that he did this because they didn’t want to get attacked again. So they relocated the Japanese more inland.The second reason is they sold all of their farms because they didn’t
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Why they die? The question most asked by the families and survivors of the USS Indianapolis. The sinking of the ship was one of the worst day in history for the navy. 880 men died during the sinking of the ship and only 317 survived. There is several reasons why those 880 men died. One of the major reasons those 880 men died was because of different diseases they suffer during the four days in the ocean. During the sinking of the ship men were injured severely and that cause the death of some of
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These two authors had very different points of view regarding journalism. Nora Ephron believes that a photograph speaks for itself‚ while Errol Morris thinks that the caption of the photograph is what gives it meaning. Since it’s clear that the two authors have refuting statements‚ it’s likely that Ephron would disagree with the statement made by Morris. With Ephron stating that “photojournalism is often more powerful than written journalism”‚ she makes it clear that she is in favor of the photo
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The oral history by Nancy Oda‚ a Japanese American woman who grew up in the East Los Angeles neighborhood of Boyle Height and residing is a diverse community that living alongside Jewish and Hispanic Americans. She described the story how her father who was born in Montebello and then the family move back to Japan. Then come back to the United States from Japan to open a market and a school. To adapt the mainstream US culture‚ her father was a team member to create events in community picnic call
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From 1429 to 1879 Okinawa wasn’t a prefecture in Japan. In old days‚ actually Okinawa was another country. It was called “Ryukyu Kingdom.” In 1429 first king “Shohashi” unified the north mountain‚ middle mountain and the south mountain of the kingdom and “Ryukyu” was born. In those days‚ Ryukyu’ s trade with Japan‚China and Southern Asia started‚ then Ryukyu culture was born. For example original music instrument is called “Shamisen”. “Awamori” it’s one of the alchol drink and “Bingata” it’s
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“Sometimes good comes through adversity. I would not be who I am today had it not been for the internment‚ and I like who I am. (Asawa)” Adversity is defined as difficulties or misfortune. In the years from 1942 to 1944 over 120‚000 American born citizens‚ of Japanese descent faced an overwhelming amount of adversity when they were placed in a few different internment camp along the west coast of the United States of America. This reassuring quote comes from a girl named Ruth Asawa who
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Walker 1“The Decisive Battle of Midway”Circumstances can change rapidly. These changes that occur rapidly may not be fullyunderstood until years later‚ if at all. The same can be said of the Battle of Midway. The Battle of Midway was June 4-7‚ 1942 and was a pivotal naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II(Crisman). Momentum can change due to any set of factors.The Japanese objective of the Pacific Theater was to dominate the Pacific Ocean and theIndian Ocean (Crisman). If the Japanese
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