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. ... It is a mistake every generation must unfortunately deal with. ...

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The first scene that catches my eye automatically is how the film lacks a clear reason why the Japanese Empire decided to bomb Pearl Harbor. ... The only explanation the film gave was when the Japanese admiral described the mission. ... Knowing the information I learned in class, the attack was a precaution the Japanese decided to take in order to damage naval forces and keep the U.S. fleet from interfering with the overtaking that the Japanese Empire was planning against the United Kingdom. ... In the events of history both General Marshal and Admiral Nimitz knew that an attack on Japan was ...

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It also shows that women have learned from the past where they were badly treated, and have blocked the repetition from generation to generation by protesting and changing habits. ... On August 6 1945 the U.S.A who, for the first time in history, used atomic bombs to bomb Hiroshima, after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, the atomic bomb had never been used before and it's affects had never been tested, men discovered it's destructive powers and now fear them and are aware of them. ... For example at the beginning of the last century in America there were slaves who rebelled and hav...

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I guess some people in my generation just don't see the magnitude of what happened on Sept. 11, 2001. ... In Pearl Harbor, the Japanese, using warplanes, attacked a military base. ... This is the attitude that gets us branded as a generation of jack-offs. ...

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By putting this policy to work we would give the feeling to all of our men and women that they have put their lives on the line to preserve the rights on which they grew up as well as their next generations will. ... In Pearl Harbor a whole conflict was developed with Japan that lead to the obligatory use of the draft which only put 18 year olds on the front line without knowing anything about combat but to press the trigger when an enemy was in front of them. ...

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