Since my family was not living on the naval base my brother and I could not attend the American school, which meant we had to attend the local Japanese school. ... After finishing the school year we begged our parents to move to the American base. ... Yokohama was more like American culture. ... Since we were living in Japan the required language we had to learn was Japanese. ... After Japan my father once again got transferred, this time to Naples, Italy. ...

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Victory in Japan, the battle of the Pacific is over, Japan surrenders. ... The Allied forces made the decision to drop an atomic bomb on the island of Japan with hopes of pushing the Japanese to surrender. ... The war had been going on for almost six years; the American Marines fighting in the Pacific had island hopped their way closer and closer to Japan. The Americans had a foothold close enough they were able to send bombers to obliterate Japan. ... So, where more Americans supposed to risk their lives to drag out a war they did not start? ...

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The Americans were not pleased with Japan's progressively aggressive defiance towards China in 1937. ... American and Japan were in negotiation for months, but neither nation refused to make any changes, which made conflict inevitable. ... America never thought that Japan would start a war with an attack on American soil. ... If they accomplished this, the Americans would be unable to retaliate as Japan's military spread across the South Pacific. ... The Japanese destroyed 18 American ships, 300 planes and 2,500 American soldiers and citizens died with just as many injured in the at...

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Japan however began their military build up well before China. ... The Japanese Navy consisted of twenty eight ships. When Chinese and Japanese soldiers met in Korea Chinas forced had amassed to 350,000 men and seventy one ships (Iriye 14, 15) Even though China outnumbered Japan, Japan was still able to overcome Chinese forces. ... In 1946 Japanese exports totaled two billion yen but by 1949 Japanese exports increased from two billion to 170 billion yen (Iriye, 94). 1949 saw a change in the way that Japan exported its goods, in 1946 more than half of Japanese goods were being sent to Ameri...

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If Japan wasn't stopped, America would have been in serious danger. ... Roosevelt authorized Japanese-American internment. ... About 100,000 Japanese Americans and Japanese who lived along the Pacific coast of the United States were moved to camps called "War Relocation Camps," in the wake of Imperial Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor. ... Although I believe internment of the Japanese was legally wrong and unfair, I think it was necessary for the protection of America. ... " WW2 had changed the image of the Japanese to Americans greatly. ...

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This paper will try to analyze the entry of Japan into the American car market and the effect on the American auto industry. ... Japan had learned how to exploit a weakness in the American auto industry, and like sharks, they smelled blood and went for the kill. ... All of this came chiefly at the expense of American auto consumers, particularly those who bought Japanese cars during this period. ... The higher prices for Japanese cars caused some consumers to defer purchases altogether and others to switch to American autos. ... The big losers were American car buyers, particularly those who o...

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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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The Japanese suffered, this was the result of the American aid to Japan which helped to rebuild their country. ... The Americans had no intention of helping the Japanese, but the communist victory in China changed this, because the Americans wanted to stop the further advance of communism. Americans started to help Japan out by not making them pay reparations for war damages and opened Japanese trade to other countries.. By the time American occupation ended in 1952, Japan had returned to prewar levels of production. ... Japan is right in their way .America, so used to being on top, has never ...

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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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Japanese Internment Camps What were they? ... Although the camps held captive people of many different origins, the majority of the prisoners were Japanese-Americans. ... In April 1942, internment camps were set up across the United States of America. ... At the end of World War II, Japanese Americans faced rebuilding their lives. The U.S. government had forced them away from their homes and intro crowded living areas and scarred many Japanese-Americans. ...

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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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Can you imagine if the Americans invaded mainland Japan where they had not only soldiers to fight against but also the citizens of Japan loyal to their emperor? ... The Japanese did these things anyway, they would decapitate American prisoners, or they would shove bamboo shoots under their fingernails. ... The Japanese gave no warning to the Americans and no war was declared until after the incident. ... The Americans did not want the Russians to get involved in the war against Japan. ... Fortunately the Americans won the "race of discovery". ...

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As Asian Americans, they were outcasts in their American schools. ... After their "American school" both the Chinese and Japanese had more studies to attend to. ... They wore American clothes and began to adapt the American style. ... Many Chinese and Japanese children changed their names to more American ones. ... When Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, America seemed to have focused their racism towards the Japanese instead of the Chinese. ...

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Native Americans and Japanese Americans were both greatly affected by wartime beliefs of the 1940s. ... The first person is Jeanne Wakatsuki, a second generation Japanese American. ... Propaganda against the Japanese flooded American media. ... The midpoint of the war was the lowest time for Japanese Americans. ... Not only did white America not want any part of Japanese Americans, many Japanese Americans did not forgive the U.S. for its actions against them during the war. ...

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By now, Japan had attacked Manchuria, China and many islands surrounding Japan. ... The US was right; Japan planned to attack America. ... The Japanese were kind of shaky on going to war with America though. ... The Japanese were very cruel to the people in the places the Japanese attacked. The Japanese brutality really upset the American public. ...

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It all started to get worse for the Japanese Americans when the Japanese ambushed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. This act of aggression aggravated the already existent discrimination against the Japanese immigrants in America. ... Before the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Japanese Americans were already facing a large amount of discrimination. ... Most of the Japanese immigrants and their offspring lived in small, rural farming communities in farming communities in California (93,000 of the total Japanese-American population). ... The internment camps were an experience that most of the Japane...

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The Americans and Japanese did not come to an agreement and the battle was underway. ... Warnings The Americans had two early warnings of the attack. ... The Americans were indeed surprised and shocked with the attack. ... In terms of losses, the Americans were clearly devastated. ... The United States The Americans were devastated and embarrased by their loss to the Japanese. ...

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The 442nd Regimental Combat Team Imagine this: You are a Japanese American living in the United States. ... After the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Japanese Americans faced quite harsh racism. ... This act by the American government shows that they did not trust the Japanese. ... These Japanese Americans were despised so much that Americans often destroyed their property. ... On the other hand, the addition of the Japanese Americans could have given U.S. the disadvantage and Japan the advantage. ...

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It was necessary that we have Japan's unconditional surrender, keep Russia out of East Asia and cut down on the cost of lives, Japanese and American. ... It was absolutely essential that the loss of American lives be decreased. ... It was estimated that it would cost 250,000 American lives and millions of Japanese lives to take Japan by invasion. ... The atomic bomb created a horrific death toll, in the end it saved lives, American and Japanese. ... These possibilities also made keeping Russia out of Japan yet another proponent to dropping the bombs on Japan. ...

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Once this happens, combined with their occupation of a large portion of Eastern Asia, Japan will have decisive control over the Western Pacific, control that extends dangerously close to American and other Allied colonies. ... I impel you to warn troops stationed in the areas of Western North America and the Pacific to be on high alert for Japanese attacks. Some American lives will be lost, but it is of utmost importance to keep that to a minimum. ... Should the Japanese attack American Troops, the American People will rally behind any measures taken against Japan. ... With the support o...

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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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If the primary key of concern was American causalities, then why was it realistic to drop a bomb that would still strike down Americans? ... " This is what the United States of America planned to do to the Japanese. ... With the help of the two bombs, Japan eventually decided to surrender. Many Americans supported the idea of the atomic bomb. ... Without realization of long term devastation, America did what was right. ...

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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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