The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor was one of the worst catastrophes in United States history. ... However, to understand why the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor you have to trace history all the way back to the 1850's. ... Over the previous decades, relations had worsened significantly as Japan set out on a course of aggressive expansion in Manchuria, China and Indo-China. ... July 1940, America warned Japan not to advance into Indo-China, though the Japanese had already forced France and Britain into closing supply roots from there and Burma to China. ... A decisive movement in Japan...

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In history, Japanese had long and troubled relations with Korea and China, and as Japanese strength increased it was perhaps understandable that they should look there with newly ambitious eyes. ... Now imaging world map, we can easily figure out China and Korea are the closest countries to Russia. ... China leased the ice-free Port Arthur to Russia and allowed them to store their war ships there. ... Russia had succeeded in replacing the now defunct Chinese influence with her own. ... In April, May, and June of 1903, Russian's had told the Japanese that they would move out of China. ...

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"The road to war between Japan and the United States began in the 1930's when differences over China drove the two nations apart. In 1931 Japan conquered Manchuria, which until then had been part of China. In 1937 Japan began a long and ultimately unsuccessful campaign to conquer the rest of China." ... Even though the United States claimed to be neutral leaving them on no particular side of the war, they were actually starting to lean towards China to protect itself from what could happen if the Japanese took over China and ruined the politics and interests in Easters Asia. ... Just as s...

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The bombing of Pearl Harbor was a relevant event in history because it caused the US to declare war on Japan and quickly prompted countries to pick sides during World War Two. ... After the invasion of Manchuria, Japan attempted to invade China. They were ultimately met with resistance from Chinese people and political/military leader Chiang Kai-shek. When their attempt at overthrowing China failed, Japan began a policy of economic strangulation. ... America wanted Japan to stop attempting to take over China and Indonesia,because the US did not want them to expand their empire. ...

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Japan had taken over Manchuria, which was then a part of China. In 1937 Japan had started a campaign to conquer the rest of China that was long lasting and didn't work. ... The U.S. strengthened military aid to China and increased financial aid. ... "World History" pg.827 - 830) Yamamoto devised a clever plan that would have the attacking Japanese follow a storm front and keep strict radio silence to avoid being detected by American radar. ... "World History" pg.827 - 830) (http://usgovinfo.about.com) The final step in making the Japanese surrender was the President Truman's...

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In the end of 1930s, the world's two powers, Axis, headed by Japan, German, and Italy and Allies, headed by the United States, Soviet Union, Britain, France and China, fought in all over the world until the middle of 1940s. ... There was no significant industry and agriculture on a broad scale in Hong Kong, trading with other countries such as China and other British colonies were the main economic activity and totally relied on it. ... For this solution, Japan rationed necessities such as rice and oil for families who own rationing license and deported unemployed people to the Mainland C...

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Through much of history, the strength of a nation has been determined by the strength of its leader. ... As the son of Emperor Taisho and Crown Prince, Hirohito found comforts in the studies of science, mathematics, ethics, geography, and literature often studying in his native Japanese as well as Chinese. ... Emperor Hirohito was avoiding a repetition of the Nikolaevsk Incident Despite his clear message that "a rash military expedition would antagonize the Chinese , and might well result in a replay of the Nikolaevsk Incident,"" Prime Minister General Giichi Tanaka proceeded to send the...

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The path to problems between Japan and America started many years before the attack, in the 1930's when Japan tried to conquer all of China. ... America, alarmed by the imperialistic moves that Japan was making, decided to support China financially and militarily. America developed a program to develop China's power in the pacific. ... This would have greatly changed history. ...

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The event that took place on December 7, 1941 has and always will be a very significant event in American and world history. ... Japan was left with little and was forced to acquire new resources from China. ... By 1937, they were ready for a full invasion of China. ... Yamaoto's weapon Yamamoto relied on Japan's new weapon, the aircraft carrier. 355 planes would take off from 6 aircraft carriers: the first time in history this sort of tactic was used. ...

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This show of Military Might was not only directed toward Japan but also toward Communist China and Russia. ... Leslie Groves was chief of the Manhattan Project, and after the bombing of Hiroshima he was quoted to say "We have spent $2,000,000 on the greatest scientific gamble in history...we won". ...

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("Into the Eyes of War: The Mind of Japan", 2) The United States asked in return that Japan withdraw from China, and stop collaborating with the Axis, (Germany and Italy). ... Pearl Harbor is just more than a day in history but it is a stepping stone in America. ...

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Ever since the first contact between the English settlers and the Powhatans in Virginia in 1607, a then the arrival of Africans in 1619, race has been significant in our history. ... When the first Chinese immigrants arrived, they were condemned as the "yellow peril." ...

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Arizona and the U.S.S Utah remain on the floor of Pearl Harbor, each a ghostly, decaying tomb reminding all of the thousands that gave their life on that fateful day, also, they are both reminders of seemingly how easily the attack was carried out and of how America, the world's big brother and perhaps the most powerful nation in the history of the world, was caught with 'its guard down.' ... Both attacks were turning points in American history; they had and will have profound effects on life after them. ... Also, in 1931, the Japanese provocatively invaded Manchuria, a province...

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