However, America did very little to try and stop Japan because they thought that military action on them was not reasonable as Japan was to far away. ... 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. ... This was a great loss for the Japanese because America supplied 80% of Japan's oil. ... On July 25, America froze all Japanese assets in the USA and imposed a total oil ban. ... The Americans, who had broken the Japanese diplomatic code, were fully aware of ...

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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 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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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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An American then quickly sent an alert: "Air raid Pearl Harbor this is no drill! ... Minutes in the attack, American was successful in shooting down three Japanese planes from the Maryland and Helena. ... He stated "December 7, 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. " The speech continued on for over six minutes. ... The attack on Pearl Harbor affected every American. This attack seemed as if it brought Americans closer in a sense. ...

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Meanwhile, Americans lived under the guise of safety and in relative prosperity. ... The surprise assault by Japanese warplanes destroyed dozens of ships, loaded with crew "all in all, over a thousand servicemen died that day. ... With America finally involved, there was hope for an end to this dreadful conflict. ... Hawaii served as America's midway point between the mainland and Japan, and although the Japanese attempted to wipe out much of those offenses in the Pearl Harbor attacks, the American naval fleet struck back with a vengeance. And in spite of the great victories again...

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Stinnett's book gives proof that American Naval intelligence had broken the Japanese code about 15 months before the attack. ... Stinnett uncovered the truth by reading American naval intelligence radio intercepts of the Japanese transmissions. ... Second, he required American companies to obtain a government license before selling any petroleum products or scrap metal to Japan. For the next 12 months, the administration eagerly granted export permits to American firms selling raw materials to Japan. "Japanese oil tankers and merchant vessels could be seen loading up on scrap iron and...

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Discrimination in America Discrimination - What is it really all about? Does it still exist in America? ... In the 1940's, discrimination was passed on to a new race - Japanese Americans. ... In 1942, Roosevelt passed an order which led to an estimated 110,000 Japanese Americans on the west coast to be arrested and placed in camps. This was all due to the mistrust for the Japanese after the attacks by their suicide bombers. ...

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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 could now decipher some secret messages being sent to and from Japan. The Japanese government saw these acts on behalf of America, an Arsenal of Democracy, as a threat to Japan remaining an independent and surviving nation. ... Unfortunately, America was always one step behind the Japanese. ...

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For awhile there had been tension between Japan and America,the bombing of Pearl Harbor, officially was the boiling point for America who was initially neutral,but chose to join the Allies and declare war on Japan. ... America wanted Japan to stop attempting to take over China and Indonesia,because the US did not want them to expand their empire. ... Because of America,The Netherlands and The UK freezing and reducing the materials they gave them, this angered Japan, and Japan's anger was a key reason behind the bombing of Pearl Harbor and why Japan decided to it. ... Although Japan f...

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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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America the ally responded once more. ... This was the perfect location for the American forces in the Pacific because of its location, halfway between the United States west coast and the Japanese military bases in the Marshall Islands. ... He hoped that his attack against the Pacific Fleet would ruin the American forces and get them to sign a peace settlement allowing Japan to remain as the power in the Pacific. ... Starting with the Japanese secret attack on Pearl Harbor, even today America still hasn't forgave Japan for this Cowardly assault on unsuspecting Americans. When reading th...

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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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Pearl Harbor "Yesterday, Dec. 7, 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." ... Our government was looking for a way into the war that didn't anger the American people. ... In Japan, Mr. ... The Attack on Pearl Harbor was so important because of what it did to the whole American way of thinking of war especially WWII. ... I do feel that FDR used Pearl Harbor as a way to get into WWII without angering Americans. ...

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