On the other side the Axis powers included Germany, Japan and Italy. ... During the 1930's Japan was very aggressive in Asia and Italy, lead by Mussolini was invading Ethiopia. ... On December 7, 1941 Japan attacked Pearl Harbor bringing the United States into the war. ... Eisenhower began working with a group of high-level British and American leaders to execute Operation Overlord. ... During the night American and British paratroopers dropped from the sky. ...

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Soon after V-E Day, the war against Japan had reached its final stage (millercenter.org). An urgent plea to Japan to surrender was rejected. ... Japanese surrender quickly followed (whitehouse.gov). ... Forty years of Japanese rule resulted in Korean knowing little about freedom and politics, and they were always told what to do by the Japanese (Ferrell 110). ... Truman knew that doing nothing in Korea would have a devastating effect on the occupation of Japan, with North Korea having airfields near Japan's major cities (Ferrell 115). ...

• Word Count: 2478
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One these key objectives was to involve Stalin in the war against Japan. The Americans had lost too many people since the battles fought with Australia against Japan were bloody ones. ... Stalin had noted that a prolonged presence of American military forces would be necessary in Europe. In reply to Stalin's comment, he said that American forces should not stay very long. ... The agreement called for Stalin to join the war against Japan, however, the Soviet Union did not declare war on Japan until several days after the atomic bombs crippled Japan for the past 4 decades and a half. ...

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Lastly, it prudently examined the United States of America policies that resulted in creation and maintenance of the Japanese Relocation Camps and horrific repercussions. ... It also captured the rise of Japanese empire; Japanese might have caused the Second World War due to their invasion of China, big places e.g. ... In 1937, Japan also invaded China and occupied several places in China. ... Mussolini was captured and hanged, Hitler committed suicide, and America launching an assault on Iwo Jima resulting in the death of almost 21000 Japanese defenders and several American wounded in the pro...

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However, that approach lacked success, and tactics were reformed in the 1980s when Joseph Nye, an American political scientist, classified two concepts known as hard and soft powers. ... Japan's economic success legitimized its role as a model in the eyes of its neighbors, thus outshining China and its Maoist ideals. Surrounding countries began to look up to Japan, which then created a much more relaxed proximate for it. Although Japan may not have been considered powerful, its impact was very influential which later produced desired outcomes for Japan (Cooper, 2004). ... It uses captivat...

• Word Count: 2019
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It takes place mostly on American soil with other parts in Japan and the Pacific Ocean. This piece of tecno-thiller centers around a possible trade war between the U.S. and Japan. ... outlook of Clancy's was seen in real life in the spring of 1995 as a potential trade war with Japan was averted by quick thinking on the part of both governments. ... This is illustrated by an American diplomat and a Japanese diplomat discuss an upcoming treaty. ?... Viruses effect Americans almost everyday in ways they might not even recognize. ...

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Europe is an ally; so is Japan. ... In American eyes, only China looms as a likely future rival. ... For over a century the national interests of China have been reflected in the following foreign policy objectives of communist China: (a) to preserve the national territory from foreign annexation or intrusion; (b) To regain what had been lost through foreign interventions; (c) To repel from her borders any threatening or hostile military presence, be it Russian, Japanese, America or any of her power; and (d) To regain for China the status of a world power commensurate with the greatness o...

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On December 7, 1941 Japan started an extensive scale assault on the American Naval base, which was situated at the pearl harbor near to Honolulu, Hawaii. The Japanese announced war on this day. August 6, 1945 amid WWII, USA dropped the first nuclear bomb utilizing B-29 over the Japanese city, Hiroshima. ... Hirohito, head of Japan surrendered and reported the nations surrender on August 15 over the radio. ... Yet, on the other hand this occasion could have been evaded if Japan did not assault Pearl Harbor in 1941. ...

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in the affairs of America. ... With those words a century of American internationalism was born; a century whose people, politics, and overall advancement was shaped by America's entanglements with the rest of the world. ... Following his reelection in 1940, President Roosevelt moved ahead with the dual policy of building up U.S. defenses while giving assistance to those countries resisting the aggression of Germany, Italy, and Japan. ... He was convinced that the security of the United States depended on the defeat of Germany, Italy, and Japan. ... In 1972 Nixon was forced to send...

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Roosevelt was afraid of losing ally while he was still facing a war with Japan, so he agree to sign the treaty on February 11th, 1945 with USSR and Britain in Yalta. In return, the Soviet agreed to enter the war against Japan after the war in Europe ended. ... American quickly responded to the threat against a democratic South Korea. ... North Korea eventually withdrew from the southern state and America went home. ... "It was the longest conflict in American history and had a vast political importance for many American politicians" (Healy 3). ...

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By the end of the war 1.3 million South Koreans, 1 million Chinese, 500,000 Northern Korean's, 54,000 Americans were dead (Rees 4). ... Korea is sitting between China, Japan, and Russia. It is sometimes called, "The Land Bridge," between China and Japan (Rees 1-2). ... That battle ended in 4,280 Americans dead. ... America did however; claim this to be their first defeat in a major battle (Berkeley. 1 edu.). ...

• Word Count: 1955
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Through the use of the Atomic bomb in Hiroshima, Japan; it provided a definite proof of what America was capable of. ... America began a widespread hate to all Communists. ... In agreement the Soviets placed missiles in Cuba, to help Cuba in case America wanted to attack, due to the conflicts between Cuba and America regarding trade issues of denying export of sugar to America. ... America was now in a state of "National Emergency". ... America de...

• Word Count: 1988
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The First World War actually began friendly British/American relations similar to that of today. ... The British were deeply indebted to the United States in the form of loans, so American initiative came into play. ... With the US naval base in Pearl Harbor being bombed by the Empire of Japan in 1941, the US was once again thrust into global warfare. ... Such attacks, as those in Northern Africa, Italy and France were all conglomerated forces of British and Americans. ... After the fall of Germany and Japan in 1945, the United Nations has been the peacekeeping force that has policed the...

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Also, by a secret agreement with Roosevelt, Stalin promised to declare war on Japan three months after the end of hostilities in Europe. ... Roosevelt and Churchill were further inclined to assent to the Yalta agreements because they assumed, mistakenly as it turned out, that Soviet assistance would be sorely needed to defeat the Japanese in the Pacific and Manchuria. ... In America, the Polish-American public had to be appeased for popularity and voting purposes. ... In areas of America with large Polish populations, Pennsylvania for example, anti-Communists sentiments burned with a vengea...

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However WWII brought East and West together as the USSR, the USA and Britain fought together against Italy, Japan and Germany. ... The USSR agreed to join the war against Japan after the defeat of Germany, it was agreed Germany would be split into four zones and that war criminals would be hunted down. ... When Germany surrendered American troops began to move to the Pacific and Soviet superiority in Europe was overwhelming. ... Marshall suggested that America should provided $400 million dollars worth of aid to sixteen "free world" nations. ... Also in 1949 the USSR exploded its first atom bo...

• Word Count: 1962
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Others supported the revisionist view and would claim that it was not an aggression but a self - defence policy and that the American involvement in the South America and therefore its Imperialism resulted in the Cold War. ... By the end of the year there were nearly 200.000 troops there from the USA, Britain, France and Japan. ... An angry Khrushchev said in Los Angeles in 1959: "Never have any of our soldiers been on American soil, but your soldiers were on Russian soil." ... According to what I have been taught and what I have read from the Russian point if view, that was a great betrayal...

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A "genius of strategy" his excellent tactical command repelled a Japanese incursion at Khalkhin-Gol, Mongolia. Japanese archives reveal that it was this crushing defeat that was instrumental in their decision not to attack Russia in 1941. ... Allies Russia's "strange alliance" with Britain and America was pivotal in her ability to resist and overcome Nazi Germany. ...

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Many Americans and Germans came to the USSR as technical consultants because they could not find jobs in the depression era. ... The Tripartite Pact was signed between Germany, Italy and Japan in September 1940 and Hitler ordered the highly secret ˜Operation Barbarossa'. ...

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