They are responsible for Pearl Harbor, which is the second most deadly attack on American soil, behind September 11, 2001. Pearl Harbor was a military base on the Hawaiian islands that housed most of the U.S. ... This ratio of civilians to troops does not correspond to the attack on Pearl Harbor or the Death March, so dropping the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki might not have been the best choice. ... According to another author, William Sloane Coffin, "the war, which, we never forgot, was started by the Japanese at Pearl Harbor and continued with such horrors as the Death March ...

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Since Pearl Harbor was struck by a secret military attack the Americans felt that Japan should be repaid with a similar act of violence. "The Japanese began the war from the air at Pearl Harbor. ... We have used it against those who attacked us without warning at Pearl Harbor" "(Public Papers of the President: Truman, 1945). ... Many Americans found the revenge for Pearl Harbor satisfying, regardless of the loss of innocent lives in Hiroshima. ... Seeking revenge against Pearl Harbor was also very wrong, as it did not only affect the government but the citizens of Hiroshima as well. ...

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• Stopping attacks on their nation such as Pearl Harbour (7th Dec 1941) • Reducing American casualties especially those which would have been in frontline battlefields. ... Japan's attack on Pearl Harbour was executed without warning and many civilians died. ... • To minimise the amount Americans killed including civilians from such attacks as Pearl harbour and also the frontline soldiers they would have sent to the battlefields. ...

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., the Japanese Navy attacked the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor located in Oahu, Hawaii. Pearl Harbor was a defining moment in United States history because it was the first terrorist attack the United States has ever faced on American soil. On the morning of December 7, 1941 at 7:48 a.m., the Japanese launched a surprise air attack on Pearl Harbor. ... Hence, there decision to bomb Pearl Harbor. Another reason they decided upon Pearl Harbor was because it was closer to Japan than the United States soil, and they would have less distance to travel. ...

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This essay looks into the reasons behind Truman's decision, and the series of events that led to it, including the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the Arms Race, and the need for peace. ... This was when the United States declared war on Japan, following the bombing of the Pearl Harbor. ... In his letter, he also claimed that the Japanese deserved it since the bombing of Pearl Harbor destroyed 3 battleships, and killed 6,000 Americans (Harry S. ... On December 7, 1941, Japan made the decision for Roosevelt, when Japanese aircrafts launched a surprise attack on one of America's main naval ba...

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"December 7, 1941: A day that will live in infamy,"" went President Roosevelt's address to the nation following the terrible attack on Pearl Harbor. ... Hawaii served as America's midway point between the mainland and Japan, and although the Japanese attempted to wipe out much of those offenses in the Pearl Harbor attacks, the American naval fleet struck back with a vengeance. ...

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Coming to Terms with My Ignorance The dropping of the atom bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki is remembered as a point of Western victory in World War II, just as the attack on Pearl Harbor is remembered as "the day that went down in infamy". ... This non-Western account made me believe for the first time that, in some respects, the dropping of the atomic bombs in Japan during August, 1945 was more deplorable than the Japanese offensive at Pearl Harbor. ... For the first time ever, I felt that some aspects of the atom bombs in Japan were worse than that of Pearl Harbor, simply because I was loo...

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In December of 1941, the American naval base Pearl Harbor suffered a surprise attack. ... Moreover, as former President Harry Truman said in a 1945 radio address, "We have used it [the Atomic bomb] against those who attacked us without warning at Pearl Harbor, against those who have starved and beaten and executed American Prisoners of War- (Doc H) However, the Bomb was not only employed to avenge the deaths of thousands of American soldiers, but also to prevent the deaths of "over a million" more. ...

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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. ...

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The December 7, 1941 sneak attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese was one of the great defining moments in history. ... Harry Truman made the following statements to the press after the bombings: "The Japanese began the war from the air at Pearl Harbor. ... We have used it against those who attacked us without warning at Pearl Harbor, against those who have starved and beaten and executed American prisoners of war, against those who have abandoned all pretense of obeying international laws of warfare. ...

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Atomic Bomb This report is about the Atomic Bomb, what it demolished, and what were different opinions on the war. Of course there were many different opinions, ranging from we didn't have to do it. To it was the only thing that seemed possible to get the war stopped. And others wonder why it had to...

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This attitude majorly changed when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. ... Since the Japanese were the one's responsible for the bombing of Pearl Harbor and were one of the allie's enemies, Japanese living in America were prejudged. ...

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use of it against the Japanese". (Sherrow 74) Therefore, Stalin felt using the bomb was just under the circumstances. Though this is the case, the fact that the U.S. possessed such technology was a threat to Stalin. After the bomb was used, Stalin insisted on the U.S. giving him the formula, but we ...

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After the devastating attack on Pearl Harbor by Japan, Truman's primary objective was to end the war quickly with little loss of American life. ... Japan felt that Truman was bluffing because they just wanted the Japanese to surrender but he believed it was justifiable to send a warning as to that japan did not when they attacked Pearl Harbor and that they wanted the citizens to flee. ...

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Yet, over four years after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, and after nearly a year of the U.S. consistently performing air attacks on Japan, the United States decided that two atomic bombs would be dropped on the Japanese people. ... Some could say it was payback for the attack on Pearl Harbor. ...

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The Atomic Bomb There has been a long time argument on why the atomic bomb was used to defeat Japan. The threat of Russian progression in Europe and in Asia was enough to worry the top officials in the United States and British governments. The about to happen invasion of mainland Japan and the...

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World War II's impact On the Homefront "Yesterday, December 7th, 1941, a date which will live in infamy-The United States was suddenly and deliberately attacked by the naval air forces of the Empire of Japan...I ask that the Congress declare that since the unprovoked and dastardly attack by Japan ...

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On August 5th, 1945 a B-29 bomber nicknamed the Enola Gay dropped an atomic bomb into the Japanese city Hiroshima without any warning. The whole city was leveled and nearly 200,000 people died as of a direct result of the blast or long-term radiation exposure. This author disagrees with a few aspe...

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"Then a tremendous flash of light cut across the sky. Mr. Tanimoto has a distinct recollection that it traveled from east to west, from the city toward the hills. It seemed like a sheet of sun. John Hersey, from Hiroshima, p8 On August 6, 1945, the world changed forever. On that day the United S...

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For the United States during the years between Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor and America's atomic bombing of Hiroshima, there were two wars; the European war and the Pacific War. ... The intensity of this prejudice came from the devastating surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. ...

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There are many similarities between World Wars One and Two, one of the main similarities being surprise. No one expected the intensity of World War One and no one expected a war to erupt in the middles of the Great Depression. Before WWI, almost all the wars involved mainly two to three countries ...

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There are many similarities between World Wars One and Two, one of the main similarities being surprise. No one expected the intensity of World War One and no one expected a war to erupt in the middles of the Great Depression. Before WWI, almost all the wars involved mainly two to three countries ...

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World War II If I can change any event in history it will be world war II because in some way it was the most tragically for me. In this essay you will find my opinion of the war and the prevention of it. I think that in some way the war couldn't be stop or prevent, because it was just going to h...

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Prompt and Utter Destruction Since the end of World War II, the world has developed in many ways and has moved on from the destruction of the past. The infamous catastrophes of the war kick started many advancements in technology and the way of human life today. Unfortunately, the world's progr...

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Near the end of World War II, the United States dropped two bombs on Japan; one on the city of Hiroshima and the other on Nagasaki. The bombs devastated both cities and caused short term and long term problems. The two bombs immediately killed about 120,000 people but also gave many radiation poison...

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