Japan had a strategic assessment as to what could happen after their attack of Pearl Harbor. ... A surprise attack on the U.S. battle fleet near Pearl Harbor would also allow Japan enough time to gather its resources base in Southeast Asia. ... However, none expected Japan to ever attack Pearl Harbor as it was an unlikely target being so far east. ... In the end, on December 7, 1941, Japan attacked Pearl Harbor which fully brought the U.S. to World War II. ... They attacked from a remote naval base on the island of Etorofu and rendezvoused on December 7, 200 miles north of Pearl Harbor. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Following the attack at Pearl Harbor and America's entry into World War II, Senator Pat McCarran successfully campaigned to have new military bases built in Nevada. ... "The December 7th, 1941 attack by Japan on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii caused military leaders concern about the vulnerability of the California coast to enemy attack" (Weller np). ... "USS Nevada (BB-36), eldest (by a few months) of the battleships in Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, was hit by one torpedo during the last part of the Japanese torpedo planes' attack" (USS np). Nevada served in both Worl...

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After the attack on Pearl Harbor, fear of Japanese-American citizens escalated to a fever pitch. ... Four days after the attack on Pearl Harbor, DeWitt declared the West Coast of the United States and Alaska a "theater of operations." ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Thematically, good will conquer evil, as Jack Carson's actions symbolically represent the United States and the Allied powers as he battles the the evil Colonel Helmut Von Toth, who represents Adolf Hitler and the Axis powers as a reflection of the events of World War II. Throughout Daniel Reed's no...

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Both Marne battles were critical in World War One. They both were huge defeats towards the Germans. Much like Marne, Normandy, a battle of World War Two, was a critical turning point in the war. The different times that the battles take place separates the similarities, leaving many differ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The United States has always entered wars by protecting its national interests, whether that be another country attacking us or a threat to our nation. Idealistically the United States may be against an immoral practice another country is doing, but will not start a war unless somehow the United St...

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Four President's effects on American Isolationism during the 20th Century On September 6, 1904 Teddy Roosevelt made the most future altering decision of the twentieth century. It was on this day that America, a long time domestic animal, went into the ocean and discovered salt. Teddy, a man who ...

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English history is wrought with bouts of war, famine and chaos and near destruction of all British livelihoods. From the times of the Anglo-Saxon wars of pre-middle ages to the struggle for hegemonic power with Spain and France over colonization rights and the system of mercantilism. England has b...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Abuse of Power Hitler's abuse of power during World War II was the reason millions of people died and lived horrid lives. His main asset to his short period of success during the war was his "power of influence" (PSU, 2012). His abuse of power can be easily seen by how he would persuade people who ...

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• Grade Level: High School

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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Foreign Policy With the world balancing on the edge of destruction, foreign relationships are extremely important to the United States of America. The United States is fully recognized as the most powerful nation on the planet earth, and with that power comes a definitive sense of responsibility. Th...

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