Japanese internment in the aftermath of the attack on Pearl Harbor in December of 1941, caused a new sense of ethnic and national identity within the Japanese American community. ... Japanese Americans have developed no less than their own brand of civil religion"" (939). ... The Japanese American experience during World War II was the catalyst to a new form of civil religion within the United States of America. ... In the article, Jane Naomi Iwamura goes into great detail about the struggle of Japanese Americans and the emergence of a new Japanese American civil religion, but in the middle ...

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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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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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Japan had already lost most of their supplies. ... The main goal for the United States was to end the war with the fewer amount of American casualties. The atomic bombs was evidently the best solution the United States had in their hands that would save the life of thousands of American soldiers. Truman believed ", that such invasion would cost a minimum one quarter of a million casualties, and might lost a million on the American side alone, with an equal number of the enemy," (Source, 1.) ... Although it may have been unethical to kill innocent lives of citizens that had nothing to...

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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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One question I will try to answer for you is why Japan attacked us in Pearl Harbor. In September 1940, the U.S. placed an embargo on Japan by prohibiting exports of steel, scrap iron, and aviation fuel to Japan, due to Japan's takeover of northern French Indochina. ... The U.S. then asked Japanese to leave Manchuria and Southeast Asia, but they refused. ... Our purpose was to frighten the Japanese in the Pacific so that they would hopefully turn around and head back to Japan. ... In two waves in about two hours, the Japanese killed/ wounded over 3,500 Americans and sank 18 ships, (inclu...

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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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Hiroshima is a town in Japan. ... What was the problem the Americans were trying to solve? By detonating the atomic bomb over Hiroshima the Americans achieved the following: • Stopping the war, which America declared on Japan, but Japan began. ... I believe that negotiating with Japan would have been useless. ... I believe the best way to deal with situation would have been negotiating with Americans allies to form a plan of attack to restrict Japan from not attacking and minimising deaths. ...

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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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Instead, they (Americans) focused on securing their other colonial territories (i.e. ... The attack on Pearl Harbor infuriated the Americans that they abandoned their policy of isolationism, and officially declared war to Japan " bringing the United States into the World War II. ... In the end, this just caused the anger of the Americans. ... Admiral Yamamoto knew that the Japanese stand no chance towards the Americans due to the knowledge and education he acquired when he studied in the United States. ... Although it would not change the attack of the Japanese on Pearl Harbor, it could ...

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Both sides, American and Japanese are portrayed. The American forces are lead by Admiral Kimmel and the Japanese by Admiral Yamamoto. ... As the movie begins the Japanese are preparing for the attack. ... Various intercepted messages gave the American government a very small amount of concrete information upon which to act. ... As a Harvard graduate and more familiar with the enemy, he believes his country is underestimating the Americans. ...

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Originally, Pearl Harbor was an American NAVY base during World War II and it was attacked by Japanese aircrafts on December 7,1941. This movie is about how America reacted to the Japanese attack, during World War II; it shows how hard it was for America to recover from the attacks made at Pearl Harbor. After Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, Americans came up with a plan to bomb Hiroshima, the major city in Japan. ... During the plan to retaliate on Japan for attacking Pearl Harbor, Danny and Rafe got close again, but for a little while. ...

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"Yesterday, December 7th, 1941 -- a date which will live in infamy" -- the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan. Five Japanese bombers attacked Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, killing more than 2,400 Americans, destroyed or heavily damaged eight battleships, three cruisers, three destroyers, almost 200 airplanes, an attack that brought the U.S. into war the following day; a surprise attack that put the U.S. right in the middle of war. ... Pacific Fleet to shift its base from San Diego to Hawaii and had begun to build up America...

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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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It all started in 1931 when the Japanese invaded China, as a result in 1937 they attacked it and that attack caused friction between the United States and Japan, because they were trying to control the Japanese in a diplomatic and economic way without using military force. ... About 200 American planes were destroyed, and another 150 damaged. 2,400 Americans died including 1,177 on the Arizona, and Oahu's hospitals were filled with 1,200 more burned and disfigured victims. Besides Pearl Harbor, other American installations were attacked the same day. On December 8, 1941 Roosevelt declared...

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First of all, the father physically has typical characteristics of Japanese ancestry such as black hair, slanted eyes, thick glasses, thin lips and high cheekbones, and also he represents a symbolic person of Japanese-American who are from Japan living and working on west coast at that time. ... However, is the father a real Japanese spy employed by the Emperor based on these pieces of evidence? According to the father's appearance and background information in the novel, it seems that he has a close relationship with the Emperor, but there are still numerous Japanese-Americans like him n...

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However, all doubt was erased from the minds of Americans when on December 7th, 1941, Japan unexpectedly attacked Pearl Harbor, killing more than 2000 soldiers and civilians. ... He stressed that America was still at peace with the Empire of Japan at the time of the bombing. America was even in the process of maintaining future peaceful relations with Japan! ... Roosevelt needed to depict Japan as a vile enemy that needed to be defeated in order to secure the freedom and safety that Americans had enjoyed for hundreds of years. ... The "righteous might" of America would break through all t...

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So the Japanese carrier continued to prepare for the attack on Pearl Harbor, America's most important pacific naval base and the largest threat to Japan. ... Twenty-five minutes later, the first bomb from a Japanese plane was dropped. ... The Japanese did not attack Pearl Harbor again. ... The most interesting aspect of the book is the way it changes perspectives nearly every chapter, so in one you"re looking critically at the situation as an American, in the next you"re following Sagamaki, a member of the Japanese navy, as he prepares to enter a submarine set t...

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Seventy years after the event that changed America, a memory of silence across the nation honors the tragic events of Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor on November 7th at 7:55 AM Hawaii time. At this time in history, a surprise attack by the Japanese caught America completely off guard, resulting in 2,400 American deaths, 12 sunk ships, and 188 aircraft carriers destroyed, and ultimately leading the US into World War II. ... Roosevelt declared war on Japan on December 8th, stating that the attack would go down in history as a "date which will live in infamy" (Lynch). ... William Muehleib...

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In May 1942 he became the first African American to receive the Navy Cross, presented for courage under fire. ... The pilots who flew the air attack were combat veterans of the Japanese war in China. ... Also, the Japanese carrier-based fighter, the A6M Zero, was greatly superior to the U.S. ... The total Japanese losses in the attack were 29 aircraft, of the 350 involved in the attack; 54 fliers were killed in those aircraft and another was killed in an aircraft that returned safely to the Japanese carriers. ... In May 1942 code breakers predicted that a Japanese invasion force, including f...

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt gave the Pearl Harbor Address to the House of Representatives after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. ... He makes his speech so complex by adding all of these adjectives, on how the United States of America was "suddenly" and "deliberately" attacked. ... He talks about having peace with Japan and then saying our country was working on maintaining peace. ... Roosevelt also makes Japan to be this very large and powerful country, by calling them the "Empire of Japan". ... They led the United States of America to become a powerful and leading nation. ...

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Good American strategy would be to help Moscow while it was still afloat. ... Because of this, Americans didn't want to stay neutral anymore. ... After the fall of France, Americans were confronted with a dilemma. ... Americans also wanted to stop Japan's conquests in the Far East. ... To prevent Japan from expanding, the US sought to cut off vital Japanese supplies, which could lead to a reaction form the Japanese. ...

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For example for World War II positivists will say if Japan didn't attack Pearl Harbor the United States wouldn't join the war. ... For example Japan was involved in the cause of the bombing in Hiroshima and Nagasaki because if they didn't bomb Pearl Harbor, the United States will not bomb the two cities. ... It many Japanese lives because they were taken away from their home. This happened because the United States was scared of the situation whereby Japanese-Americans were going to be giving Japan news on what the United States was planning. ... The Japanese military were so sc...

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It was a surprise attack on the United States from Japan that the U.S. was not prepared for. ... The Japanese had left 2,403 dead. ... The very next day, he declared war on Japan. ... From the top of the Arizona sprouts an American flag. ... It is the representation of the beginning of America in WWII. ...

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