The attack on Pearl Harbor in December of 1941 was the result of the long lasting rivalry between Japan and the United States. ... During the attack 2,403 service personnel and 68 civilians were killed. ... Every other damaged ship was repaired and return to service at some point during the war. On 8 December, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt addressed the Congress to ask for a declaration of war against Japan. ... For those already in the Service, the formality of war was now present, though for most, the grim reality of the experience was still well in the future. ...

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On Saturday, December 6th, U.S. ... Later that same day, the U.S. code-breaking service began intercepting a 14-part Japanese message and deciphered the first 13 parts, passing them on to the President and Secretary of State. ... Germany and Italy declared war on the United States on December 11. ... Fleet Commander, Vice Admiral Nagumo, received his final orders on December 1st, and on the morning of December 7th, the battle group was in position 275 miles north of Hawaii. ... Guam fell on December 10th, Wake Island on December 23rd and the British surrendered Hong Kong on December 25th. ...

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Born on December 29, 1879 B. ... Mitchell dies on February 19, 1936 The Spirit of Billy Mitchell Many people used to believe undoubtedly that having a separate Air Service would not be a very beneficial formation, but there were also many people who did think that a separate air service would be a great advantage to the United States. ... William Mitchell was born on December 29, 1879 in Nice, France, and grew up in Milwaukee. ... Mitchell's rank continued to increase during the time of the war, and demonstrated concepts of supremacy in the air as the chie...

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" Indeed these words very accurately describe the problems faced by the people of America from that time till December 1941.People fail to realize that this man had a idea for this country and didn't stop till he made an impact and that made this man destined to become one of the most remembered out of all of our presidents, though before he spoked these everlasting words on March 4, 1933. Roosevelt had in fact spoken what was realized later down the road eight years later when the Japanese army attacked The Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 which brought the United States into the Se...

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Alvin York was born in Pall Mall Tennessee on December 13, 1887, the third of 11 children born to William and Mary York. ... Entered service at: Pall Mall, Tenn. Born: 13 December 1887, Fentress County, Tenn. ... Ironically, the Bible school that was built with the proceeds from the movie opened in 1942, but the very people the school was intended for had either enlisted in the armed services or moved north to work in defense related industries. ... In 1951, the Internal Revenue Service accused him of tax evasion regarding profits earned from the movie. ...

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The all-black, 332nd Fighter Group consisted originally of three fighter squadrons, the 100th, the 301st and the 302nd, and prepared for combat at Selfridge Air Base, Michigan from March 1943 until December 1943. ... After the 332nd Fighter Group departed Selfridge Field, Michigan in December 1943 to go overseas, the remainder of the black airmen personnel on the base comprised mostly of the 477th Medium Bombardment Group. ... As white air units downsized and personnel were discharged, retired, etc., Tuskegee Army Air Base remained segregated and continued to train new airmen for segregated ...

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In December 1988 Mikhail Gorbachev, leader of the Soviet Union at the time, announced the Sinatra Doctrine which stated that the Braznev Doctrine would be abandoned and that the Eastern European countries could do what the liked. ... Cold War, Eastern Block & NATO The cold war (September 2, 1945 - December 26, 1991) was the conflict between the USA and its NATO allies - loosely described as the West - and the former Soviet Union and its Warsaw Pact allies - loosely described as the Eastern Block. ... In December 1989, the Sejm approved the government's reform program to transform the P...

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On the day of December 7, 1941, your fellow Japanese attack Pearl Harbor on Oahu, leaving the Harbor in a total mess along with many deaths and injuries. ... On December 7, 1941, Japan attacked and bombed Pearl Harbor on Oahu, which led to the United Stated into World War II. ... These decorations, or awards, include 9, 486 Purple Hearts, 57 Distinguished Service Crosses, 1 Congressional Medal of Honor, 4,000 Bronze Stars, 560 Silver Stars, and many other awards, making a total of about 18,000 awards (Decorations of the 100th/442nd "Go For Broke" Combat Team. ...

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Following the Pearl Harbor bombing by the Japanese Empire in December 1941, other Americans were suspicious of Japanese Americans' loyalty to the United States. ... The government also kept Japanese Americans from military service by changing their draft status from 1-A draft eligible to 4-C, "enemy alien. " (American Valor).  ... After eight campaigns in Italy and France, the soldiers of the 442nd Regiment received one Congressional Medal of Honor, three Presidential Unit Citations, nine Legion of Merits, eight Soldier's Medals, 238 Bronze Stars of Valor, 30 Division Commendations...

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On December 7th, the Pearl Harbour in Hawaii fell under attack from the Japanese. ... He would then be asked his preference in the type of service. ... Women got incorporated into the military as WAC (Women's Army Corps), WAVES (Women Accepted for Voluntary Emergency Service). ...

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In December 1939 Poland requested assistance from Britain to enhance their air courier capabilities with decent aircraft, but the Allies ultimately determined a ground route was more suitable. ... The most successful courier circuit to be established in Poland was done by Krystyna Skarbek, a young woman from the upper class in Warsaw who traveled to London upon the breakout of the war to volunteer her service as a special operations agent. ...

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They purchased war bonds and signed up for army service at the same rate of other American ethnic groups. ... Congress allowed a $500,000 relief fund in December 1947 and then again in 1958 provided a $88 million Navajo-Hopi Rehabilitation Act. ...

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Shortly after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941, Zelda met Harold Goodman, who was known to everyone as "Goody." They became engaged soon after, but they would only marry in October 1945, after he returned from three years' service in Europe. ...

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World War II ranged from 1939 through 1945 and it involved every major world power. On one side were the Allies, including Great Britain, the United States, France and the Soviet Union. On the other side the Axis powers included Germany, Japan and Italy. This conflict resulted from the rise of to...

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The Treaty of Ghent was signed on December 24, 1814 and established the status quo ante bellum, which means that the previously existing boundaries between the US and the British were the same as they were before the war. ... Desperate for sailors to man their warships, British captains increasingly boarded American ships and "impressed" sailors into service, claiming that the merchant seamen were deserters from the Royal Navy. ...

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It wasn't until that fateful day of December 7 in 1941 when the United States had had enough. ... During the course of the war Johnson relied heavily on the use of Selective Service, the drafting of Americans into the military, to send for support. ...

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Georgi Konstantinovich Zhukov was born 1896 in a small village of Strelkova south of Moscow, Kaluga Province, and like an immense majority of the peasant population his family were desperately poor. He lived in an old house, in the middle of the village, with one room and two windows, he also was ab...

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As Article 21 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states: "(1) - Everyone has the right to take part in the government of his country, directly or through freely chosen representatives. (2) - Everyone has the right of equal access to public service in his country. (3) - The will of the people shall be the basis of the authority of government; this shall be expressed in periodic and genuine elections which shall be by universal and equal suffrage and shall be held by secret vote or by equivalent free voting procedures" (Universal Declaration of Human Rights). ... The General ...

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Hitler offered rewards to women such as loans, tax allowances, and health services. ... "Restrictions to the learned professions was also constrained by the introduction on the 28 of December 1933 of a gender-specific numerus clausus, which to some degree restricted the admission of women to Universities to 10 percent of the total annual intake"(Burleigh and Wippermann). ...

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It was not right to fire Macarthur during the Korean War. At the end of World War II, Korea had divided into North Korea and South Korea. Basically North Korea was occupied by Russian troops, the Communist group, and South Korea was occupied by American troops. In their northern zone the Soviets s...

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Prisoners of War 1942 - 1945 Within three months of the Japanese entering World War II on December 8th, 1941, over 22 thousand Australian troops had become prisoners of war. ... At the end of World War II some 14000 Australian servicemen and about 30 service women were alive. ...

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