...August 6, 1945 America dropped worlds first atomic bomb on Hiroshima in Japan. This atomic bomb was given a nickname "Little Boy". On August 9, 1945 three days after the first bomb was dropped United States dropped the second bomb on the Nagasaki. This bomb was given a nickname "Fat Man". Together these two bombs killed over 90,000 people immediately and it demolished the cities. The decision by President Harry S. Truman and his advisors to drop the atomic bomb on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II was a military necessity. The first reason the bombing of Japan was military necessity because four years ago Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. According to document A bombing of pearl harbor killed 2,400 American .So Americans hated the Japanese, they wanted revenge from Japan. According to document B, on the poster it was written that " stay on the job until every MURDERING JAP is wiped out!". Americans were angry at Japan. They were encouraging other Americans by posting posters to take strong action against Japan. Also, Japanese Kamikaze attacked on United States ships in the Pacific Theater, these were the suicidal attacks on ships....
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...Zack Groff U.S History 1877- Research Paper Pearl Harbor Pearl Harbor is arguably the most devastatingly tragic event witnessed on American soil. The Japanese had violated the integrity of life in America, which was not to go unpunished. The “Day of Infamy” as it has been coined, catapulted the nation into a state of shock and retaliation. Many Americans who lived through the tragic event remember the occurrence with great detail and clarity. Considering the bombing at Pearl Harbor happened over 60 years ago, personal accounts and testimonies are quickly diminishing. Revisiting the past is crucial in understanding what freedom is and how hard it was to obtain. Pearl Harbor remains as one of the most definitive points of unity amongst Americans; as told by Mr. Groff, “It changed everything!” The slaying at Pearl Harbor was hardly anticipated to say the least. The United States had been edging toward war with Japan for some time. The U.S was particularly unhappy with Japan’s increasingly irate attitude towards China. The Japanese Government seemed to believe that the only way to solve its economic crisis and geographic problems was to expand into its neighbor’s territory and take over the market. Japan declared war on China in 1937. In the eyes of the American government this weaned unfavorably. American officials responded with a battery of economic sanctions and trade embargoes. Japan reasoned that without access to money and goods, and essential items like oil, Japan...
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...Pearl Harbor Summary Paper #2 Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for HIST310 World History and Culture II By December 2011 Abstract In 1931, Japan showed aggressive behavior in northeast Asia as they tried to conquer China in 1937. In early 1940’s, Japan decided to associate themself with Axis powers with countries like Russia and Germany. The United States demanded Japan to pull away from China and Indochina, however, the Japanese resisted and wanted to continue to take more territory and prepare for war. With their aggression in Asia, the United States placed an embargo on Japan by stopping all shipment of valuable resources such as oil, steel, and iron scrap which the Japanese needed for war to other Asian country. Immigrations from Japan were also banned to come to the United States. Britain and the Netherlands ceased Japanese assets as well to prevent the Japanese from buying oil, which their armies needed for war. Japanese were angered and decided to destroy the United States Pacific fleet in Oahu, Hawaii. This they did with ease, but paid a price. Pearl Harbor On November 26, 1941, the Japanese fleet left Japan to detect the route towards Pearl Harbor under the command of Admiral Nagumo. On December 1, Nagumo received his final orders from General Tojo Hideki and Admiral Yamamoto to attack Pearl Harbor. On early morning of December 7, the Japanese armies were in position 275 miles north of Hawaii; the air...
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...Pearl Harbor and 9/11 was both two tragedy terrorist attacks. Pearl Harbor was a attacked planned by the Japanese and carried most of the attack out while United states were unprepared. With 9/11, the attack was planned by Arab -Muslim hijackers. 9/ 11 was carried out by 2 planes crashing into the trade center and killing thousands of people. Pearl Harbor was carried out by Japanese going to the American base and throwing bombs , and shooting missiles from their airplanes. With the Japanese, their long term goals was to deliver a knockout blowout to the U.S Pacific fleet with a surprise attack on Pearl attack which would give Japan power , and would help the japanese enough resources they need. The Japanese sent a surprise attack to Pearl attack early morning on December 7 , and the Japanese sunk 4 American battleships , , caused the last to go underground, while the damaging three other ships and over three hundred aircraft. Although the attack devastatingly successful , It was not the knock out Japanese planners Intended. The fight with Japanses on Pearl Harbor actually helped strangle the Japanses economy in the final years of the war. The long term goals of the 9/11 attack was to make Americans...
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...Pearl Harbor, the Beginning of the End of the Rising Sun As I flew in from the north of Oahu, the sunburst broke through the clouds off the horizon of the ocean in front of us. I couldn’t help to think to myself what a beautiful site for us to see. The gods must be looking upon us. Letting us know of a successful and glorious mission. It took all of about 2 hours to fly our 360 planes that consisted of dive and high level bombers, fighters and torpedo planes the 230 miles to the harbor of pearl. It was 8:05 when my bomb pierced its target. The bomb had hit the forward powder magazine of the USS Arizona. The mighty explosion split the great ship in half, taking only nine minutes for her to sink (A Summary of the Attack on Pearl Harbor, 2012). Now that we are out of the box looking in, this is what a Japanese pilot might have felt as he flew his plane on that haunting yet unforgettable mission to that bay at Pearl; for he was on his way of creating history from the destruction of an entire fleet in anchor. This Japanese warrior and his culture of war would not know the consequences of his emperor’s actions; for it would only unite an entire country in a fit of rage from this horrific and unprovoked act initiated by the rising sun nation of Japan. This battle would not only be the beginning of WWII for the United States, but it would be the beginning of the end of a military force in Japan. It was this mission and Japan’s cultural importance of war that...
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...Pearl Harbor World War 2 stared before the U.S got involved. It began in 1931 when Japan invaded northeastern China. By 1938 Japan had taken over much of China. In Europe war began in August of 1939 when Germany invaded Poland. Even after all that was happening on the other side of the world America didn’t get involved. It was until December7, 1941, when the attack on Pearl Harbor happens, when America finally got involved. The fanatics in Japan thought they could defeat America. Hirohito thought they could strike America, and quickly get a peace policy form them. They thought America would honorably with draw, just like the Russians. They thought that America would get tired of fighting and just call it quits with a peace treaty. Japan desperately needs the resources of Malaya and Britain occupied that area. Malay is about 90 minutes away from Pearl Harbor. Japan knew war with America meant war with Britain. Britain, Europe, and America had always been allies. Since Japan was already attacking British forces in Kota Bharu and successfully beating them, they must have thought they could win against America too. On December 7, 1941 at 8’oclok in the morning Japan attacked America at Pearl Harbor. The first wave of Japans air plane attack were 49 high altitude bombers, 40 torpedo planes, 43 fighters planes. This attack was lead by Mitsuo Fuchido. One of the first people to spot the bombing was Comdr. Logan C. Ramsay. He immediately went to the radio room and had them seed out...
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...Today i will be disseminating the similarities and differences between the attacks on pearl harbor and 9-11. With pearl harbor the attack was mainly focused on military targets, on 9-11 most of the targets were civilians, with the exception of the pentagon bombing, and the supposed failed white house bombing. Both of these attacks were sent as an message to the united states, but the pearl harbor bombing had a more definitive meaning, to literally cripple the united states navy. 9-11 was more of a threat than a message, saying that america needs to stay out of the middle east or else. The differences between the attacks are one was during the 1940’s and they other was in 2000, a 60 year difference. Another difference was technology, the main source of information during the 1940 was radio, and this took about 1 hour to 2 hours to communicate just to the united states. With 9-11 the main source of information was television, and this was spread worldwide in a matter of minutes, if not seconds. Another difference was the countries / groups that committed these heinous crimes, one was the japanese imperial navy, the other was a ruminant of al qaeda....
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...The Attack on Pearl Harbor- “A Date Which Will Live In Infamy” Sunday morning of December 7, 1941, the Imperial Navy of the Japanese attacked the American naval forces at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The attacks, which came with no warning, left the entire nation in a state of shock. Especially since a Japanese delegation was involved in talks with the United States in Washington at the same time. It caught the United States naval forces off-guard and unaware, and this gave the Japanese forces a tactical edge over their U.S. counterparts. Even worse, this attack on Pearl Harbor resulted in the United States declaring a war on Japan, and indirectly joining the World War II. This day is still considered by many as one of the most ill-fated dates in the history of America. The President of the United States at the time, Franklin D. Roosevelt, described it as - "a date which will live in infamy", a comment which holds true today. The attack was done in two waves from six Japanese aircraft carriers. In the first wave, 183 Japanese aircraft attacked the naval base, Pearl Harbor, and was soon followed by a second wave of attacks with 171 aircraft. More than 2,000 US Navy personnel were killed, while over 1,000 were left wounded. On the Japanese side, only 65 soldiers lost their lives while one sailor was captured. The US Navy suffered a huge loss of 4 navy battleships, 4 damaged battleships, 3 cruisers, 3 destroyers, 5 midget submarines and 188 aircraft in this attack...
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...land. And with the attack of Japanese in Pearl Harbor, many Americans could not help but blame the Japanese for the deaths of thousands of American soldiers. This then results to suspicion and mistrust on the thousands of Japanese-Americans in the United States and later on urged President Franklin Roosevelt to pass the Executive Order 9066, which promoted Internment Camps for the Japanese and granted military commanders powers to unconstitutionally take control over many Japanese in the camp. To add to that, the Internment Camps highlighted the failure of political leaders to secure the rights and safeness of each...
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...dropping the bombs on Japan. I believe that America was justified in dropping the atomic bombs on Japan, but it was not purely for revenge on the lives lost at Pearl Harbor. If the bombs had not been dropped, and the Americans decided to invade Japan, the invasion would be long and drawn out, causing 2 million more casualties that are allied, 3 million more Japanese deaths including innocent civilians. But dropping the bomb also cost Japan 500,000 innocent civilians. So basically, it was we either drop the bomb and kill a few thousand people, or invade and let much, much more people die. In a way, America had saved more lives. The Americans were originally going to stay out of the war, but the Japanese had decided to attack Pearl Harbor, resulting in their loss. So the Japanese got what they asked for. Also, the people of Japan were warned of the bombs, but their leader had not yet given up until the second bomb. This was the ONLY way of making the Japanese surrender, as they were going under the saying _"death before dishonor"_. The Japanese also need to experience what they've done to others; they entered China and parts of Korea, raping women and killing men and children, causing havoc everywhere. So if America hadn't dropped those two atomic bombs, Japan would have done more horrible things to the innocent countries. So, in conclusion, America was justified in dropping the two atomic bombs on Japan. In a way, America had saved lives. The dropping also was the quickest...
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...After the bombing of the US Pacific fleet at Pearl Harbor in December 1941, only one congressman opposed the declaration of war; the vote in the senate was unanimous. (US). ● Hitler’s declaration of war on the US, which came four days later, enabled Roosevelt to legitimately pursue a ‘Germany first’ strategy. In November 1942, Operation Torch, the invasion of North Africa, became the first US military offensive of the war in the West. Allied troops slowly cornered German forces in North Africa, gained public support behind war efforts. (US). ● By the time the United States entered the war in December, 1941, Germany had occupied most of Europe and Japan was also starting to attack countries in Asia. But the US decision to enter the World War meant that the entire country agreed to sending out troops to sacrifice themselves for humanity’s sake. (US). ● About 16 million Americans served in World War II from late 1941 to 1945. The total population of the country at that time was only 130 million. More than 400,000 soldiers did not return. Another 670,000 were wounded on foreign soil. (US). COUNTER ● The involvement of the United States and the Soviet Union in the war gradually turned a successful German military campaign into a disaster for the German forces. In 1942 and 1943, the German forces lost many battles and it became clear that they would be defeated. (Dunn). ● "Operation Overlord" was the official name for the invasion of occupied Europe, now called DDay. At a conference in Tehran (Iran) in November...
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...The reason as to why the U.S. decided to drop the bomb was mainly to put an end to the war as soon and cheap as possible. It states that the war was almost won, but the reason why they decided to make the bomb was because Germany was going to create it, and they wanted to do it before they did, to prevent their own destruction. America voiced that the bomb was to “secure peace”. I do not believe they held the position to drop that bomb, for two big reasons: they remained selfish, and they didn’t think the decision fully through. The main reason for the bombing was to end the war fast and cheap, although this was the main reason, there are more reasons that explain why the bomb was used. Other reason include: trying to impress the Soviets (convincing...
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...In the year are 1945, America dropped the atomic bomb on Japan. As the years and decades have passed, the controversy has only grown. Millions of people both American and foreigners have questioned America’s choice and have even condemned both America and President Truman for making a decision that killed tens of thousand. Many claim that the use of the Bomb was mainly to scare Russia and to get ahead on the already developing Cold War. However, I believe that the dropping of the atomic bomb was the course of action that would have caused the least amount of bloodshed for both the Allies and the Japanese. There are several arguments that justify the dropping of the atomic bomb. For example, the bomb ironically saved Japanese lives. Casualty...
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...American forces in Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. He gave his “Pearl Harbor Address to the Nation” to a joint session of Congress. Because of this surprising turn of events, FDR had no choice but to lead the U.S. into World War II. He uses rhetorical appeals to make his part in the war official. There was no way FDR would back down, he made it clear that with the help of the American public, victory over the Japanese would be easily accomplished. His motive is to convince Congress to declare war on Japan and to solidify even further why the American public voted him into his fourth term as President of the United States. He also wishes to convince...
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...this war? The answer to that question, from the American perspective is simple: the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. The Americans were angry at the Japanese for their invasions of first Manchuria (1931), then China (1937), and later French Indochina (1940). After the Japanese moved into Indochina, President Roosevelt ordered a trade embargo on American scrap steel and oil, on which the Japanese military depended. But the American people felt that Asia was far away, and a large majority of voters did not want to go to war to stop Japan. The surprise attack on the Pacific fleet at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 changed this, outraging was the prevailing sentiment among Americans, along with a pretty unanimous belief that it was time to go to war with Japan. Why did Japan decide to attack the United States? This question is a little bit more complicated. Japan was fully aware of the fact that the United States was economically and militarily powerful, but it was not afraid of any American attack on its islands. Japan did worry however, that the Americans might help the Chinese resist the Japanese invasion of their country. When President Roosevelt stopped U.S. shipments of steel and oil the Japan, he was doing exactly this: the Japanese are dependent on other countries for raw materials because they have almost none on their archipelago. Without the ability to import oil and steel, the Japanese military could not fight for very long. Without oil, the navy would not be able to move...
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