Since America supplied more than half of Japan's iron, steel, and oil, Japan was hesitant to push the United States too far. ... American intelligence tapped into Japan's phone lines and knew of an attack on America but never suspected Pearl Harbor. By the time the Japanese's planes returned to their carriers at 9:45, most of the American planes on Oahu were wrecked. ... A few days later, American dropped another bomb in Nagasaki, Japan. In the conclusion of the war America defended their country as well as defeating Japan. ...

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This tragedy swallowed the hearts of Americans as they looked to President Roosevelt for his bravery and strength to declare war against Japan. ... Japans intent was to detour America into entering the war. ... The boat Nitto Maru, signaled to the mainland that Americans were in the area but the Japanese were too arrogant to believe them and chose not to counterstrike. ... At noon ,Japan time, the freedom flyers had reached Japans mainland and in a single file line at low altitudes the dropped their bombs on Japan's military targets. ... America not only got revenge but showed Japan and t...

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He also sent naval ships to watch the western half of the Atlantic and replaced british troops with American troops to guard Iceland. ... Then comes in the part of the Japanese. ... (Japanese) Shortly after the attack on pearl harbor accrued, on December 8th, 1941 president Roosevelt declared war on Japan. ... This was a big loss for the Americans and hurt them while trying to fight in WWII. ... While all of this is happening in foreign countries back at home in the united states Japanese-Americans were being forced to move into camps for the safety of the U.S. within its own land. ...

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Pearl Harbor was one of the most vicious attacks on American soil. ... The United States responded by creating Japanese-American Internment Camps, which uprooted tens of thousands of Japanese-American families. And later America decided to use atomic weapons to end the war with Japan. ... This called for the incarceration of 120,000 Japanese-Americans for up to four years, most of which were legal U.S. citizens. ... The conditions were so harsh that some Japanese Americans died. ...

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America feared that her Philippine and Guam islands would soon fall into Japan conquest. ... The attack raised the morale of the American and Australia forces as Japan seemed invincible. Japan thought of a strategy to down America. ... By 1945, the American marines had taken control of the Jima; a Japanese island. ... Japanese on the other hand tried to hold on to their agenda but they could not resist the American power. ...

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This only served to increase American's hatred toward the Japanese. ... Finally, the U.S. could focus its energies and power to quickly defeat the Japanese with minimal loss of American lives. ... The Americans continued massive conventional bombings. American forces prepared 6 million leaflets to drop on Japanese cities. ... While doing my research I found that there are no clear answers to the question of why America decided to use the atomic bombs against Japan. ...

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The Japanese dropping bombs on American soil was like a kid kicking a hornet's nest. One negative consequence was the creation of Japanese internment camps. Since the Japanese were the one's responsible for the bombing of Pearl Harbor and were one of the allie's enemies, Japanese living in America were prejudged. The government accused many American-Asians of spying and conspiring with Japan. ... Although there was n direct violence, it was still traumatizing to be "kidnapped" by the government, as most Japanese-Americans were. ...

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., Japanese aircraft carried out a huge surprise attack on the big American air and naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. ... This attack destroyed much of the American Pacific Fleet. ... American participation was an important reason why the Allied nations defeated the Axis nations, which were headed by Japan and Germany. ... This attack destroyed much of the American Pacific Fleet. ... American participation was an important reason why the Allied nations defeated the Axis nations, which were headed by Japan and Germany. ...

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A separate group of submarines was to sink any American warships which escaped the Japanese carrier force." ... The purpose of the simultaneous attacks was to destroy the American planes before they could rise to intercept the Japanese." ... The United States immediately answered back by bombing the heart of Japan as they did to America. ... The United States did, however, get involve in some complications with the Japanese, only to protect the future of America. ... America never wanted to actually go to war until the vicious attack from the Japanese. ...

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One greatly argued reason that we should not have dropped the bomb is that prior to it's fall, a minimum if six American war leaders were having second thoughts about it's use (3). ... Thirdly, the Chief of Staff to President Truman himself felt that the bomb would be "of no material help", that Japan was "already defeated and ready to surrender" (7). ... In addition, the Secretary to the Japanese War Minister shared in an interview in 1963 that if the Americans had just made a second and possibly third attack on Japan, the small country would quickly run out of food, supplies, and w...

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The Americans believed that the Japanese were going to attack Southeast Asia. ... The Americans then realize that time goes with the time in Pearl harbor. ... American fighter planes were unable to get off the ground from the Japanese bombing the whole place. ... Only two things kept the attack from being a total tragedy for the American cause in the Pacific. ... He began his breif five-minute speech by saying: "Yesterday, December 7, 1941-a date that will live in infamy- the United States of America, was suddenly, and deliberatly attacked by naval and airforces of the Empire of Japan....

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In doing this, the Cubans would allow American investments to continue in the country and Spain would have no right to shut America out. ... Secondly, America's economy rested on foreign markets. ... Instead, "what brought the United States fully into war was the Japanese attack on the American naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941." ... (Zinn, 411) China provided the U.S. with tin and rubber, and when Japan started to move into China America felt threatened. (Zinn, 410) As a result, the United States cut off Japan's supply of its resources, iron and oil, awa...

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Before Pearl Harbor was attacked, America was very scared that Japan might attack the US because of all the neighboring islands in the Pacific that were attacked. The US was right; Japan planned to attack America. ... The Japanese were very cruel to the people in the places the Japanese attacked. The Japanese brutality really upset the American public. ... After Pearl Harbor was bombed, the American people felt a lot of hatred towards the Japanese. ...

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American military Aviation in 1938 was able to produce only 1,800, 300 less than Germany, and 1,400 less than Japan. ... (Overy 277) For most of the 1930's the United States traded as openly with Germany and Japan, as it did with any other country. Japan relied on fuel oil and scrap iron until 1941. ... The Americans upon declaring its Neutrality gave additional encouragement to Japan and Germany to in a way take over the world. ... This also led Japan to confront the United States in 1941. ...

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Economic expansion refers to increasing the American market overseas, which in turn guarantees jobs for the American middle class. ... The actual involvement of America in the war did not occur until 1917. ... The attack resulted in 128 American deaths (Lawson, 35). ... The British sent the decoded message to America. ... The Allies did not depend on the American military nor on the American armaments. ...

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Did America need to use the Atomic Bomb to end World War II? ... In late 1939, President Roosevelt ordered an American effort to make an atomic bomb before Germany. ... On his way back to the United States, President Truman ordered American fliers to drop an atomic bomb in Japan. ... The Japanese government told the people of Japan that it was a "special-type bomb." ... He said: "It was a question of saving hundreds of thousands of American lives. ...

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FDR points fingers full of fear at the Japanese Americans in the US. ... There were only signs of discrimination all throughout the United States towards Japanese Americans. ... " which shows Japanese Americans picking up a bar of TNT waiting for Japan to signal to fire it off in the United States. ... A good 62 percent were Japanese Americans who were likely born there. ... Executive Order 9066 violates the Japanese American's civil rights. ...

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The bomb quickly yielded the surrender of Japan and the end of the American involvement in World War II. ... Also the American soldiers were going through very harsh treatment by the Japanese. ... The Japanese would not surrender to the Americans, they would rather die than surrender. ... Also the American soldiers were going through very harsh treatment by the Japanese. ... The Japanese would not surrender to the Americans, they would rather die than surrender. ...

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Although the Japanese got the best of the attack the Americans didnt take it laying down. ... For a split second Japan thought they had broken America's backbone, but at the time they didnt realize what America stood for. ... It was one of the first times that Americans had came all together for a reason. This had affected a lot of Americans lives. They put all the Japanese Americans into camps because they thought that they might have been involved with giving information to the Japanese. ...

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Many of these people were born in the United States and had never stepped foot outside of America or visited Japan. ... After the attack on Pearl Harbor, fear of Japanese-American citizens escalated to a fever pitch. ... DeWitt commenced with random raids of Japanese homes and seized guns, radios, and cameras from Japanese-American homes. ... Over 25,000 Japanese-Americans fought in the war and many of them lost their lives (Conrat 23). The Japanese-Americans of that time were intertwined within the American fabric. ...

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Eight American battleships and 13 other naval vessels were sunk or badly damaged and almost 200 American aircraft were destroyed. ... The Americans believed a Japanese attack was imminent, most likely somewhere in Southeast Asia. ... The Americans were taken completely by surprise. ... It instantly united the American people behind the war effort, dashing all Japanese hopes for a negotiated peace. ... Japan was stripped of all conquests, reduced to its home island, and occupied by American forces. ...

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In his letter, he also claimed that the Japanese deserved it since the bombing of Pearl Harbor destroyed 3 battleships, and killed 6,000 Americans (Harry S. ... Despite the oppositions, most Americans still saw the dropping of the bombs as a victorious act by Truman. ... On December 7, 1941, Japan made the decision for Roosevelt, when Japanese aircrafts launched a surprise attack on one of America's main naval bases at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. ... By destroying Japan, before the Soviets interfere, America would have more control. ... The Americans had only done underground explosions, and o...

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The only explanation the film gave was when the Japanese admiral described the mission. He stated that they're going to attack Pearl Harbor since America cut off their oil supply and they were living off an 18 month reserve. Well yes, in fact America did cut off their oil supply but that has nothing to do with why Japan decided to place an attack on one of Americas largest naval bases. ... It could have done better by giving America more of a heroic standing instead of ending on a note where the Japanese seem to have the winning standpoint. ... It teaches a new generation about a part of ...

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America, Great Britain and the Union of Soviet Socialists Republic composed the main Allied powers while Germany, Italy and Japan composed the main powers Axis powers. ... For America, there were many great heroes and many great military leaders. ... Emperor Hirohito and an ensemble of behind-the-scenes Admirals led the military strategy of Japan. Japanese fighter pilots employed a destructive war technique. ... Luckily for the free world, the Allied forces persevered and stomped out the threat of the Nazis and the Japanese. ...

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"he could never have explained his reasoning in a way that satisfied the American people." It was Truman's overall decision that would put the dropping of the bomb on Japan into motion. ... " Having previously spoken to Stalin about an exact date that the Soviets would enter the war, Truman had all the information he needed to be certain that he would enter the war with America against Japan. ... The President had to make a big statement to the Japanese and demanded unconditional surrender. ... With victory in Truman's sights, Japan began making efforts to make a reaso...

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