As a result of the increase expansion in China, Japanese aircraft launched an attack on the American gunboat USS Panay. ... The next day Japanese aircraft sank the U.S. carrier Lexington and damaged the carrier Yorktown, while U.S. planes crippled the Japanese carrier Shokaku severely enough that it had to retire. ... Yamamoto Isoroku conveyed the greater part of the Japanese fleet, including four heavy and three light carriers carrying aircraft, with intentions to destroy the American fleet and attack Midway. ... A turning point in the battle was when the pilots from USS Enterprise and USS Yo...

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The pilots who flew the air attack were combat veterans of the Japanese war in China. ... 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. ... The three U.S. aircraft carriers in the Pacific were not in or near Pearl Harbor on December 7. ... In the Battle of Midway, the turning point of the Pacific War, U.S. carrier aircraft found the Japanese fleet that was heading for the islands and sank all four of its carriers. ... Navy w...

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America, alarmed by the imperialistic moves that Japan was making, decided to support China financially and militarily. America developed a program to develop China's power in the pacific. ... Beginning in the early months of 1941, Japanese aircraft carrier pilots began training for a Top Secret mission involving an air raid on a fleet of ships using tactics that met two major criteria. ... It contained ten main proposals: It must be a surprise attack; U.S. carriers are the main objective; U.S. aircraft on the Island of Oahu are an objective; every available Japanese Carrier should tak...

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The incident arises when Japan which is already involved in the Second World War, decides that they want to further expand their empire by invading and dominating China. ... At about 6:10 am the Japanese aircraft carrier sends 183 fighters, bombers, and torpedo planes into the sky. ... At 10:00 am the Japanese planes begin to head back to their aircraft carrier as by a half hour later hospitals begin to pile up with wounded soldiers. By 1:00 pm the Japanese air carriers are on their way home. ...

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Japan had taken over Manchuria, which was then a part of China. ... The U.S. strengthened military aid to China and increased financial aid. ... The Japanese attack was led by Vice-Admiral Chuichi Nagumo and consisted of 6 aircraft carriers, 2 battleships, and 2 cruisers. ... The fighting was done entirely by the planes on the aircraft carriers and the battle was somewhat of a tie, but it was the first time the Allies stopped Japan's southward movement. ... Even though Nimitz was outnumbered 4 to 1 he planned an ambush that helped the U.S. easily destroy 332 Japanese planes, 4 aircraf...

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So, they thought that China would be the perfect place to call their own. ... Japan relied on their new weapon, the aircraft carrier. Three hundred fifty five planes took off from six of their aircraft carriers, the Akagi, the Kaga, the Soryu, the Shokaku, the Hiryu, and the Zuikaku. ... Additionally, due to a storm that caused a delay, none of the US aircraft carriers were in port at the time. ... As luck would have it, because the aircraft carriers were not in Pearl Harbor on that day, they did not get damaged by the attack. ...

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But, the Chinese government is of the opinion if China is only building up their merchant fleet then what is there to worry about? ... Be it from the fact that China is still considered a Communist country or that almost every country in one way or another is currently in China's debt financially, some people do not put much faith into China. ... That is why the following question is so important: should the United States send military personnel, such as Frigates and Aircraft carriers, and take military action against China to ensure that it does not spread its influence over more of the ...

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Japan was left with little and was forced to acquire new resources from China. ... By 1937, they were ready for a full invasion of China. ... Yamaoto's total objective in this battle was to sink all three aircraft carriers, at least four of the nine battleships and to immobilize the fleet for six months up to a year. ... Yamaoto's weapon Yamamoto relied on Japan's new weapon, the aircraft carrier. 355 planes would take off from 6 aircraft carriers: the first time in history this sort of tactic was used. ... The Japanese naval fleet consisted of the six aircraft carriers: Akagi, ...

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A month after the British attack on Taranto harbor, Yamamoto decided that if war with the United States was unavoidable he would launch a carrier attack on Pearl Harbor. ... Yamamoto developed the following eight guidelines for the attack: (1) surprise was crucial, (2) American aircraft carriers there should be the primary targets, (3) U.S. aircraft there must be destroyed to prevent aerial opposition, (4) all Japanese aircraft carriers available should be used, (5) all types of bombing should be used in the attack, (6) a strong fighter element should be included in the attack for air cover fo...

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The Japanese did not succeed in destroying the fleet because most of its power was in their aircraft carriers. The Japanese did not destroy any carriers because every single one of them were away from the island that day on the water. ... Japan wanted to try and take over parts of the United States, but the only thing that stood in their way was the American Pacific Fleet that consisted of battleships, cruisers, destroyers, submarines, mini submarines, midget submarines, war planes, and aircraft carriers. ... One author accounted that, "Japan became imperialistic and decided it needed ...

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In 1931 Japan conquered Manchuria, which until then had been part of China. In 1937 Japan began a long and ultimately unsuccessful campaign to conquer the rest of China." ... Even though the United States claimed to be neutral leaving them on no particular side of the war, they were actually starting to lean towards China to protect itself from what could happen if the Japanese took over China and ruined the politics and interests in Easters Asia. ... It centered around six heavy aircraft carriers accompanied by the 24 supporting vessels. A separate group of submarines was to sink any American...

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This has proved somewhat successful, as China , Kim's closest ally, has called for a return of the talks (Morrissey). ... The drills included the USS George Washington, one of the world's largest nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, along with ten other vessels and more than 3,700 soldiers and sailors from both the United States and South Korea. ... Despite North Korea's recent action, China has urged everyone to remain calm. Yang Jiechi, China's foreign minister, at a recent forum in Beijing, said, "The parties concerned should keep calm and exercise restraint, and work t...

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Because of the Japanese aggression towards China, the US sided with China. ... The US then helped to supply China. ... Almost 400 US aircraft's were lost, over 2,400 people were killed, and much of the US Pacific naval fleet was destroyed. Many battleships were lost along with a few aircraft carriers. ... America sent army boats to protect Americans in China. ...

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Part of the Japanese army in Okinawa was shipped out to China to fight the hostile Nationalists in China. ... The Japanese forces were stretched thin between the eastern Chinese front, the western U.S. and British front, and the possibility of the third front against the Russians coming back from the victory over the weakening Germans. ...

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On November 26, 1941, all six Japanese aircraft carriers and over four hundred aircraft left Hitokappu Bay, in northern Japan, headed for Pearl Harbor, the operating base for the United States' Pacific Fleet. ... Also, in 1931, the Japanese provocatively invaded Manchuria, a province located in northeastern China, brutally killing tens of thousands of Chinese. ...

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The United States equipped nations fighting the Axis with ships, tanks, aircraft, and other war materials, which angered the Axis nations. At this time, Japan was aiming to take control of China, though China refused. So, the United States started supplying China with war gear. ... Three hundred planes bombed the naval base killing around three thousand seven hundred people and destroying many warships, aircraft carriers, and submarines. ...

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("Into the Eyes of War: The Mind of Japan", 2) The United States asked in return that Japan withdraw from China, and stop collaborating with the Axis, (Germany and Italy). ... (Prange, 201) More than 350 Japanese bombers, torpedo aircraft, and fighter planes were engaged in the attack.... (Prange, 125) All United States aircraft carriers were elsewhere. ... They used anti- aircraft guns in an attempt to stop and hold off the Japanese from their attack.... The overall results were devastating; eighteen battleships were hit and more than 200 aircraft were either destroyed or damaged....

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In 1932 the Japanese took over Manchuria in northeastern China. Many Pacific islands and parts of China were to follow. ... By now, Japan had attacked Manchuria, China and many islands surrounding Japan. ... Because of the Japanese aggression towards China, the US sided with China. ... The US then helped to supply China. ...

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She did not want war at least; she had no intention of engaging in one. Then, she was compelled. Threats came and she had to defend her territory, her people, and her status. The compulsion was enough to awaken her from her sleep. She took her stand in readiness for an attack. She attacked and final...

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As the son of Emperor Taisho and Crown Prince, Hirohito found comforts in the studies of science, mathematics, ethics, geography, and literature often studying in his native Japanese as well as Chinese. ... Emperor Hirohito was avoiding a repetition of the Nikolaevsk Incident Despite his clear message that "a rash military expedition would antagonize the Chinese , and might well result in a replay of the Nikolaevsk Incident,"" Prime Minister General Giichi Tanaka proceeded to send the Kumamoto Division of the army to Manchuria. ... Because the Japanese controlled the railway, they used th...

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On December 10th 1961 two helicopter companies arrived in Vietnam aboard an aircraft carrier, more followed soon after. ... I am not going to be the president who saw Southeast Asia go the way China went". ...

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. @ Vichy o Led by Marshall Henri Petain (WW1 war hero) May 26-June 4, 1940 Allies successfully evacuate 350,000 of the 400,000 trapped by the German defeat of France (blitzkrieg) o Among the evacuated is Charles De Gaulle Forms the basis for a Free French government-in-exile July 10, 1940 Beginning of the BATTLE OF BRITAIN o Hitler attempts to bomb England into submission in preparation for his planned invasion o After 6 months Hitler abandons his plans to invade due to his losses inflicted by the RAF o He mistakenly concentrated his air force upon London and other population...

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A bogy of the Cold War revival or its complete comeback is commonly a matter of a public discourse, triggering many different experts to take part in this issue. Is it really possible that the status quo from 80s and the revival of the Cold War is a fact? Or maybe the political reality, nowadays, has nothing in common with the situation from few decades back? In this essay I would like to take a closer look to that issue and make an effort to answer the questions above.1 To appropriately understand the subject being here discussed, one has to go far back of the historical processes. A conflic...

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