Extended Essay: Did Japanese Atrocities in the Philippines have an impact on the uprising of the Philippine Guerrillas Movement after the American/Filipino defeat in 1942? Subject: History Candidate Number: 004812-013 Candidate Name: Armand Mendoza Word Count: 3‚971 Abstract This essay focuses on attrocities commited by the Imperial Japanese Army during their occupation of the Philippines and the ramifications of these actions on the Guerilla movement. The Japanese occupied the Philippines
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Great Britain against the Empire of Japan. It started on December 8th‚ 1941‚ when the Japanese invaded Thailand and other British possessions including Malaya and Singapore. That same day‚ in Hawaii‚ where it was still December 7th‚ Japan launched a surprise attack on Pearl Harbour‚ which “severely damaged the American fleet and prevented‚ at least for the short term‚ serious American interference with Japanese military operations. In response‚ the United States declared war on Japan.” This investigation
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In 1902‚ it signed a treaty with Great Britain which recognized its new status among other things. At the end of the First World War‚ Japan was invited as one of the winning powers‚ to participate in the Peace Conference. In reality‚ however‚ the Japanese found that they were not considered equal to the Europeans and the Americans. This Western hypocrisy caused Japan to lose faith in the Western powers and pursue a pan-Asian order‚ with Japan as its leader. In order to become self-sufficient‚ Japan
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Pearl Harbor by the Japanese the U.S. was forced to take action. The United States began their first naval battle near the Midway islands in defense of its pacific fleet and positioning. Midway was the Japanese’ last goal for its western expansion in the Pacific. Just after midnight on June 4th‚1942‚ the United States attacked a fleet of Japanese transport ships. One American torpedo plane took out fleet tanker "Akabono Maru". Later that morning at about 6:30am‚ Japanese planes began bombing
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Americans six months to defeat the Japanese which turned into a battle of attrition. After the Japanese defeat at the Battle of Midway‚ Americans thought of taking back the Pacific Islands and the first confrontation was to be at the Guadalcanal. The Guadalcanal is a part of the Solomon Islands and sets to the north-eastern part of Australia. Guadalcanal is a humid‚ jungle-covered‚ tropical island. The atmosphere made it important for both sides in the Pacific War. If Japanese were to take the island‚ they
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not only were adapted for amphibious warfare but changed depending on the particular island. One of the most import and decisive changes of doctrine for US forces was the use of the air power and the aircraft carrier. Prior to World War II the US Navy was in a sort of a civil war within its self. The Navy’s of the world were built around the battleship and there was a large contingent of US Naval Officers who believed that the aircraft carrier was a large ship to be used by Captain of the battleship
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The War on the Pacific Front The war on the pacific started on December 7th 1941 when the Japanese military attacked pearl harbor the reason on why they attacked pearl harbor was the American government put an oil embargo which it dropped Japan’s oil supply and import by 80%. The process of this made the Japanese look south for supplies‚ the attack at the base was to weaken the American navy and destroy their oil supply for their ship’s. The reason why America put up the embargo was to make Japan’s
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In the early stages of World War II‚ the Japanese Empire was quickly expanding in the Pacific with no resistance. When the United States started its offensive in the Pacific‚ they were beat down by the Japanese. With fear of losing the Pacific the United States need a strategic victory that could turn the tide of the war. Soon two battles would come over the horizon and would distinguish themselves as the battles that marked the turn of the tide in the war. These two battles are The Battle of
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the Japanese Thirty-second Army. At stake were air bases vital to the projected invasion of Japan. Japanese forces changed their typical tactics of resisting at the water’s edge to a defense in depth‚ designed to gain time. In conjunction with this‚ the Japanese navy and army mounted mass air attacks by planes on one-way "suicide" missions; the Japanese also sent their last big battleship‚ the Yamato‚ on a similar mission with a few escorts. The "special attack" kamikaze tactics the Japanese used
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A Day Not Forgotten‚ the Attack on Pearl Harbor K. D. HIST 102 Instructor Amy Ware October 23‚ 2010 The attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese on December 7‚ 1941 remains a clear memory for both nations. Everything seemed to have played in favor of the Empire of Japan; from planning‚ to gathering the necessary resources‚ the silent 3‚300 nautical mile journey of the task force and ultimately the attack itself. From a tactical standpoint the attack was one of the most ingenious naval
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