Pearl Harbor is a classic romance film created with the background of WWII complications in the early 1940s. ... According to Pearl Harbor enthusiast Jerry Bruckheimer, "This scene is actually depicted accurately. ... Pearl Harbor sure has its controversy when it comes to inaccuracies in the events of history. It could have done better by giving America more of a heroic standing instead of ending on a note where the Japanese seem to have the winning standpoint. ... The film leaves people with the reminder of what happened at Pearl Harbor. ...

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The US army sent a last minute message to Lieutenant/General Walter Short and Admiral Husband Edward Kimmel about the note, which did not arrive to Hawaii until after hours of the assault on Pearl Harbor. ... Roosevelt made the "Infamy speech" or more commonly known as the "Pearl Harbor speech". ... A major consequence of Pearl Harbor is an hour after the speech was given, Congress declared war on Japan. This is significant because the US were neutral prior to the bombing of Pearl Harbor. ... A consequence of the US declaring war because of Pearl Harbor. ...

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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. ... On a more positive note, America's economy was on the rise during WWII. ...

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-December 6 1941 the president got a message that said Japan would turn down all peace proposals -December 7 1941 Japan attacked Pearl Harbor -It was a victory for Japan -180 Japanese's air planes from 6 carriers took off and for 1 hour 30 min the Japanese air craft went unshot...

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As Richard Overy notes in The Road To War, this growing division from Europe was not mere selfishness. ... On December 6, 1941 the Japanese Air force led a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, delivering a huge blow the port. ... Richard Overy says in his book The Road To War, "It is tempting to see Pearl Harbor as the crisis that Roosevelt was waiting for and did nothing to prevent". ...

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On December 7, 1941, the Japanese led their first attack on American soil by bombing the naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. ... Pearl Harbor Context In the year of 1940 the United States had upset japan by placing an embargo act on them that would prohibit exports of steel, scrap iron, and aviation fuel (Pearl 1). ... He then secretly set November 29 as the last day in which Japan would accept a settlement without war (Pearl 1). ... A warning had been sent from Washington to Pearl Harbor, but it had arrived too late (Pearl 1). The attack on Pearl Harbor began on the morning of December 7th...

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The Importance and Effects of U.S. Involvement in World War I and II Only about two hundred years old, the United States had developed into a major world power by the beginning of the 20th Century. The 1900's marked the beginning of a drastic change in the economy, communications and technologie...

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Shortly after Imperial Japan's infamous attack on the United States fleet at Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. ... It's important too to note that the historical context of this internment is that it followed the Niihau Incident, which caused the east coast to be hyperaware and fearful that any Japanese American could possibly betray the United States14. ...

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