Japan desperately tried to persuade the countries to lift the embargo and still be able to keep the territories that they had invaded. But the United States demanded a halt in the aggressiveness towards China and Indo. Japans premier‚ General Tojo Hideki decided that November 29 (1941) would be that last day that Japan would wait for a settlement without going to war. When the United States did not comply with Japan’s request‚ Japan began to prepare for an attack on the United States. It is believed
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The second world war was one of truly epic proportions. Virtually every nation on earth was impacted in one way or another‚ whether they were directly involved‚ or merely suffered the negative‚ and inevitable‚ externalities that are associated with war. Although the war and its impact was significant enough to stretch world-wide‚ the opposing powers are generally grouped into only two separate forces – the Axis and the Allies. One‚ the Axis powers‚ consisted of nations working towards conquering
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neighbors. The United States also wanted to put an end to Hitler’s tyrant rule. However‚ by aerial bombing German and Japanese cities‚ innocent civilians were killed‚ and civilians began to live in fear of the Allied Powers‚ rather than Hitler and Hideki Tojo. Wanting to protect their Allies and seeking revenge for Pearl Harbor does not justify the United States in aerial bombing Japanese and German cities during World War
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Imagine a country nearing the end of a world war with a pivotal decision to make. In this very situation‚ the United States of America was faced with some crucial choices in the spring of 1945. At this point‚ Harry S Truman had to decide whether to invade Japan’s mainland or to retaliate by air via the atomic bomb. America had been fighting in the war for the three exhausting years‚ losing a large number of soldiers. With Japan’s relentlessness‚ it was unclear how many more lives would be lost
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Emperor Hirohito (April 29‚ 1901 - January 7‚ 1989) Emperor Hirohito ruled for 53 years‚ during those years‚ Japanese civilians invaded China‚ the Rape of Nanking happened‚ they attacked Pearl Harbor and Japan rose to become the world second economic superpower. He was the first Japanese Emperor to be welcomed into Europe. He married at age 16‚ was crowned prince in November 1921. He died in his 80’s of a sickness called Myocardial Infraction. In his early life at age 7 he was taught
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History Essay Candy Au 5A (1) Question : Analyze the impact of Japanese militarism on Japan and Asia Militarism refers to placing a nation under military control and actions are aimed at fulfilling its expansionist ambition. From 1930s to after the Second World War‚ Japan and some Asian countries such as China had faced impacts base on the spread of militarism. In the 1920s and 30s‚ Mussolini and Hitler rose to power in Italy and Germany respectively. In Japan‚ similar to the situation
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Tayva D. Caruth 05/08/2010 World History 08.04 Depression and Fascism 1. Describe the political views of Vladimir Lenin. 2. What did Lenin promise the people of Russia in order to gain their support for the revolution? In order to gain the people of Russia’s support Lenin promised them three things. He promised to withdraw the country of Russia from war‚ to give land to the peasants‚ and he promised to give the workers and The Soviets control over the factories. 3. How did Lenin gain control
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1. Describe the political beliefs of Vladimir Lenin. * Lenin was a Marxist. He preached that private property should be abolished and that everything should be owned by everyone. He also believed that anybody making profit was abusing everybody else and that the Russian government supported a system that kept the huge majority of Russian people in misery and therefore it should be overthrown. 2. What did Lenin promise the people of Russia in order to gain their support for the Revolution
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The fact that makes no sense Japan continued to negotiate with the United states up to the day of the attack‚ however‚ Prime Minister Tojo Hideki decided on the surprise attack towards the U.S Naval base near Honolulu‚ Hawaii. (“Pearl Harbor.” History). Not Only was the attacked planned it was tragically made into a reality. This surprise aerial attack at Pearl Harbor made the U.S declare
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The Second World War‚ also known as WWII‚ set about in 1939 with the invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany and would endure for the next six years. This war involved more than 30 countries composing the allied and coalition forces as well as that of adversaries. Objectives for this war comprised of the invasions of European and African states and the control of Asia. Concluding this war was the fall of Nazi Germany and the surrender of Japan in the summer of 1945. In the multitude of campaigns‚ the
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