Attack in Pearl Harbor The attack in Pearl Harbor in December 1941 shocked United States. ... And though the attack in Pearl Harbor was shocking, the nightmare of expected upcoming problems was much greater. While incidents similar to the Pearl Harbor attack were unconsciously expected by many Americans as they were watching in great detail struggles on European scenes of war, they still couldn't accept such a miserable defeat of their naval base. Just like Hitler blamed the German Jews for the defeat of Germany in WWI, Americans came to blame the American Japanese for the defea...

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Guns, tanks, and bombs were the principal weapons of World War II, but there were other, more subtle, forms of warfare as well. Words, posters, and films waged a constant battle for the hearts and minds of the American citizenry just as surely as military weapons engaged the enemy. Persuading the Am...

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The U.S. was entered in the war on December 8, 1941, the day after we were bombed at Pearl Harbor, located in Hawaii. Japan launched a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Why would they choose to bomb Pearl Harbor of all places? The United States had stations much of the military troops at Pearl Harbor in preparation, which Japan was targeting. ... The Pacific War was launched as an effect of the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. ...

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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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Instead, "what brought the United States fully into war was the Japanese attack on the American naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941." (Zinn, 410) Zinn also points out that Pearl Harbor was "not really sudden or shocking to the American government." (Zinn, 410-11) Franklin Roosevelt repeatedly deceived the American people during the period before Pearl Harbor .He was like the physician who must tell the patient lies for the patient's own good because the masses are notoriously shortsighted and generally cannot see danger until it is at their throats. ...

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The most important causes of World War 2 were nationalism and Japan attacking Pearl Harbor. One of the most important causes was Japan attacking Pearl Harbor because before this it was solely a European war, but after Japan attacked the US naval base in Hawaii it turned the 'European War' into a World War and as the Nazi army got stronger the other European countries had to defeat before they got too strong to defeat and without it there would be no armies for the war. ...

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Compare the maps of the fighting fronts in WWI and WWII and discuss what this comparison reveals about the nature of fighting in the two wars. How do you explain the differences you find? During the First World War, armies came to an unexpected surprise to military tactics, trench warfare. Trench...

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World War 2 World War 2 was the last big war for America, and it had many after effects towards our country. We entered the war after Pearl Harbor on December 8th, 1941, and ended it when Japan surrendered on August 14th, 1945. The time period may have been short, but our country was changed for...

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On December 6, 1941 the Japanese Air force led a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, completely destroying the port. ... The United States involvement in the war could not have come at a better time even though the effect on the people at Pearl Harbor and our country was seriously devastated....

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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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Fear is a primary motivator for many actions. Historians have been asking the question whether conscription and Japanese internment occurred out of fear or discrimination. During World War I conscription put a lot of strife between the French and English of Canada, so during World War II for obvio...

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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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All of the events in history lead to the next. Whether it be the Franco-Prussian war leading into The First World War because of Alsace and Lorraine, or The First World War leading into The Second World War because of unresolved conflicts and unimaginable ideas with Germany. History is defined as th...

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Shortly after the invasion of Pearl Harbor in 1941, Major League Baseball commissioner Kenesaw Landis thought it might be necessary to shut down baseball for the 1942 season as they had done during World War I. ...

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World War II was the first global war the world had ever witnessed. This war killed more people, involved the most nations and cost countries millions of dollars. The war started in 1939 when Germany invaded Poland. The Second World War was fought between the Axis Powers and the Allied Powers. The U...

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From 1900 to 1945, America went from the top of the world, to the bottom, and back up again. The high of the imperialist dream replaced by the lows of the Great Depression, and the rise to a world super power following World War II. America may have shined throughout history as the light of democrac...

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