secure a Japanese apology for the Nanking atrocities is meaningless because many of the perpetrators and victims are now dead. Thus‚ a Japanese apology would be an empty gesture that has no meaning. "We will probably never know exactly what news Hirohito received about Nanking as the massacre was happening‚" she writes‚ " but the record suggests that he was exceptionally pleased by it" (p. 179). How can one measure the meaning of another person’s life? How can one measure the devastation that is
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almost the entire city was destroyed. The next target of the nuclear bomb was Nagasaki just three days later‚ August 9th. In three days‚ two major cities‚ and more 120‚000 people massacred‚ and even more dying later from radiation poisoning; Emperor Hirohito announced
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Grave of the Fireflies The effects on families During WWII an estimated 200‚000 or more Japanese people were killed and a lot were left homeless. Due to this‚ as well as the firebombing of Tokyo and fathers being in the military‚ many families were torn apart and separated from each other. In the movie‚ Seita and Setsuko’s father was in the military and they were separated from their mother after she died due to the firebombings. All families were under a lot of stress. They had to look after
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Cooper C. Little Period 6 Language Arts 10-30-2014 The Battle for Iwo Jima On February 19th‚ 1945‚ The United States Marine Corps sent an invasion force to capture the island of Iwo Jima. Iwo Island was critical to both sides‚ because it was only 650 miles from Tokyo‚ Japan’s capitol. For America‚ it could be used as an emergency landing site for damaged bombers. For Japan‚ it could be used as an airbase for zeroes to intercept American bombing raids heading for Japan (iwojima.com). The battle
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spending during wartime as the event that ended the Great Depression. Even President Roosevelt sensed that war spending was not the ultimate solution; they feared that the Great Depression—with more unemployment than ever—would resume after Hitler and Hirohito surrendered. Yet FDR’s team was blindly wedded to the federal spending that had perpetuated the causes of the Great Depression during the 1930s. After the Great Depression‚ buying things on credit was a strictly avoided and if people didn’t have
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bomber dropped another A-bomb on the Japanese city of Nagasaki which killed an estimation of 40‚000 people. The two bombings have remained as the only use of nuclear weapons in war in the world’s history. Later on‚ on August 15‚ 1945‚ Japan’s Emperor Hirohito made an announcement in a radio address that his country had
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HIdeki Tojo was japanese general born in Tokyo on Dec. 30‚ 1884.(1) He was the eldest son in his family and followed in his father‚Hidenori Tōjō’s footsteps attending military school and joining the military. (3) He married his wife Katsuko Tojo together they had 3 sons Hidetake‚ Teruo and Toshio and four daughters Mitsue‚ Makie‚ Sachie and Kimie. Tojo was Politically‚ a fascist‚ nationalist‚ and militarist‚ and was nicknamed "Razor" or Kamisori‚ for his reputation of having a sharp and legalistic
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Germany Italy‚ Japan. These groups were led by many leaders most of them were very famous because of several federal and democratic reasons. The leaders were joseph Stalin‚ Winston Churchill‚ Eduard Daladier‚ Franklin d‚ Adolf Hitler‚ Benito Mussolini‚ Hirohito‚ respectively as the countries are written. The three main battles of the war were Battle of Britain‚ Battle of Midway‚ Battle of Moscow and so on. The European Theatre of World War II‚ also known as the European War‚ was a huge area of heavy fighting
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were controlling the Japanese government‚ none of which liked each other. The first‚ Emperor Hirohito‚ born in 1901‚ was ruler from 1926 to 1989‚ the last divine imperial leader of Japan. During the first nineteen years of his reign he gave over power of the government to a militant party. The result of this was the war with China from 1937 to 1945 and adherence to the Axis Powers. At the end of the war Hirohito wanted peace and‚ in 1945‚ he unconditionally surrendered to the Allies. The second‚ Isoroku
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Key events of World War 2 WW2 started September 1‚ 1939 and ended September 2‚ 1945 Leaders of the Allies were Joseph Stalin‚ Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill Leaders of the Axis were Adolf Hitler‚ Emperor Hirohito and Benito Mussolini 1 September 1939 - Hitler invades Poland 3 September - Britain and France declare war on Germany September 5‚ 1939 - United States proclaims its neutrality September 10‚ 1939 - Canada declares war on Germany November 1939 - The Winter war begins
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