Prisoners of War 1942 - 1945 Within three months of the Japanese entering World War II on December 8th, 1941, over 22 thousand Australian troops had become prisoners of war. ... At the end of World War II some 14000 Australian servicemen and about 30 service women were alive. One in three Australian prisoners of war had died, making this prisoner of war ordeal responsible for more than half the deaths of the entire war. ... This was mainly the case for many prisoners of war during World War II. There were many large-scale massacres that occurred during World War II involving the priso...

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The decision to drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki put an immediate end to World War II. ... Newman, who believes that Truman had carefully considered all of the options, the bombs were the fastest way to end the war. and that Truman believed the Soviets were not necessary in terms of ending the war. ... Gary Alperovitz's final argument lies in the lack of the support for the bomb after the war. ... Alperovitz's second argument lies in the regrets of World War II military leaders. ... Henry Stimson had been Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Secretary of War during World War I...

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There is no such thing as ethnic war 1. ... In terms of emphasis and concern, it came into prominence in the field of International Relations after the World War II era- with the emergence of many new independent countries, and especially after the cold war period- in the pursuit of seeking correlation between instability or conflict in some regional systems with that of ethnic elements of those regional systems. ... In the post-World War II era, increasing patterns of global interdepence in economic affairs, communication and transportation systems, and the penetratio...

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Did America need to use the Atomic Bomb to end World War II? The atomic bomb killed many innocent people, but it was necessary to end World War II. After World War II began in 1939, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt announced the neutrality of the United States. ... This was a catalyst that brought the United States into World War II. ... World War Two was the worst war in history. ...

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World War II ranged from 1939 through 1945 and it involved every major world power. ... Partly responsible were the humiliating peace treaties forced on Germany after World War I. ... France and Britain immediately declared war on Germany officially beginning World War II. ... On December 7, 1941 Japan attacked Pearl Harbor bringing the United States into the war. ... Body Guard was considered the most complicated deception plan of the whole war. ...

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The automobile helped the United States get out of The Great Depression and win the war. Two months after the US entered World War II, the last passenger car was made. ... The OPM, along with the War Production Board and The Automotive Council for War Production, supervised the conversion of peacetime automotive production to that of wartime. ... Automakers more than doubled their productive capacity during the war.2 This not only helped to win World War II but pumped much needed capital into the US economy to bring it out of The Great Depression. ... When the men in the factor...

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Japan's military expansion during the 1930's led to its entry into World War II in December of 1941, when Japanese bombers executed a devastating surprise attack on the United States naval fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. ... For example, he criticizes Hirohito for waiting too long to surrender in World War II. ... It focuses on the end of World War II. It states that MacArthur could have seen that Hirohito was tried as a war criminal. ... Therefore, he made sure that Hirohito was not prosecuted in the Tokyo war crimes trial. ...

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Mass Evacuation From the mid-1800s through World War II, the San Francisco Bay area was in constant turmoil with people of Asian decent. ... Some had children and siblings fighting in the war. ... Living in a large Japanese-American community, Okita was likely told of his family heritage and their plight during World War II. ... During the World War I, the anti-Japanese sentiment diminished slightly when Japan entered the war on the side of the allies. ... This made the area a war zone. ...

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The First World War changed the political situation in East Asia. ... Then on the other side of the world one event transformed the situation, war broke out in Europe. The outbreak of war in Europe in September of 1939 was timely for Japan. ... Every other damaged ship was repaired and return to service at some point during the war. ... Within a few days, Germany and Italy had also now declared war on the United States. ...

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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". ... I received yet another life lesson from the reading: I completely understood the sentiments of the Japanese civilians of World War II. ... I never believed that the Japanese weren't people; I had just assumed that the citizenry during World War II had different hopes and ideals than the citizens of the Allies. After all, wasn't that why our c...

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People called this war as the World War II. ... Hong Kong people were taken in on their war and forced to live a brutal life. ... Through out the First Sino-Japanese War, Russo-Japanese War, Japanese Annexation of Korea, and the World War I, Japan gained their force and imperialized. ... On the other hand, when the World War II started, Japan was facing a shortage of military demand, thus they had to rely on their occupied territories to make up for those shortages. ... However, Hong Kong was captured by Japan in eighteen days, and the capitulation of Hong Kong was signed on December 26, 1941,...

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In the middle of war, the higher ups in the government and military like to think they have the knowledge of all aspects of what is going on in the world of war. This thinking might stand true with today's technology but during the war time of the Bombing of Japan this was not the case. ... This war was the perfect opportunity to do this and have it be "justified". ... On August 6th, 1945, during World War II, the United States dropped a massive, powerful and most deadly weapon the world had ever acknowledged, known as the Atomic bomb, on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. ... Though dropp...

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The ensuing civil war was brief and decisive. ... The Meiji Restoration allowed Japan to regain complete control of its foreign trade and legal system and by fighting and winning two wars, The Sino - Japanese War in 1894, and The Russo - Japanese War 1904 - 1905, Japan had established full independence and equality in international affairs. ... This led to World War II and the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, which ended the war. ... The Meiji Restoration was even more significant in Japanese history compared to World War II, and the atomic bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, b...

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The Chinese also faced a different experience then the Japanese during the World War II. ... Because the Republic of China and the U.S. both declared war on Japan, the Chinese, both first and second generation, began to get involved in the war effort. Some enlisted to join the forces, others began to work for companies that benefited and helped the forces like making weapons, first aid, and even children gathered tin materials that could be used to make war materials. ... Because of the war, the Chinese exclusion acts were repealed and there was a minimum of 105 Chinese that were allowed to im...

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In the aftermath of World War II, there were few people who questioned President Truman's decision to drop the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. ... Truman had achieved his objective, World War 2 was ended. ... And, if the Soviet Union had participated in Japan's defeat, Stalin would expect post-war concessions. ... In August of 1944 the war in Europe was over and only the war with Japan remained. ... The only hope of ending the war quickly was to drop the bombs. ...

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Pre-World War II the women of Japan were hidden and taught to be "shufu, woman deep inside the house,- Their identities would mimic only the leading men in their lives, forcing them to remain shallow beings of an over-traditional society. ... Harume is the embodiment of the pre-World War II Japanese woman: weak, nave, and victimized. ...

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The American financiers were the most powerful in the world because the Entente countries depended on loans from the USA to fund their war effort. ... In addition many countries were yet to recover from the First World War. ... Another problem caused by the First World War was that of inflation. ... The situation in Germany was made worse because of the reparations they had to pay as a consequence for having started World War I. ... The consequences of the depression were so serve in some countries especially Germany that hostile political parties gained power which in turn led to the outbreak...

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More importantly, it was a major center for the manufacture of war materials before and during World War II. ... During the war, the people of Japan had created desperately optimistic rumors for themselves. ... Even the radio broadcasters declared that Japan was winning the war. ... By July 1945, the Allied Forces were clearly winning the war in the Pacific. ... But the people of Japan were told that the retreat was not because Japan was losing the war, but because they had almost won the war and they wanted to finish the battle on home soil. ...

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To begin, World War II and the post war reconstruction phase had a huge impact on foreign direct investment (FDI) restrictions imposed on foreign companies. In their paper, The Extent and History of Foreign Direct Investment in Japan, Ralph Paprzycki and Kyoji Fukao (2005) state that after the defeat of Japan in World War II, the American Occupation authorities imposed major FDI restrictions fearing that FDI would cause complications during the reconstruction process. ...

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The Post-World War II English design created the new internationalism through the propagandas and the opinions of war. The Post-War years were a time for rebuilding the economy and working to restore the pre-war culture and social life. ...

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She ignores the prejudice trials and tribulations of the war and retains her quietness. ... Because of Obasan's protective silence and Stephen's alienation from the Japanese culture, Naomi couldn't know and understand the tragic fact of Japanese Canadian's situation during World War II. ...

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The Manhattan Project was the American effort to harness the power of atoms and apply it to a modern war effort, through a chain reaction of Uranium 235 isotopes (and later Plutonium). ... [It] looked like a pot of bubbling tar. [ ] The war was over.... ... Shortly after, on August 14, 1945, Japan finally surrendered, and World War II came to a close. ... Many argue that Japan would have surrendered of its own accord, at some point in the near future, and thus the actions of the United States were nothing short of war crimes, while President Truman, who was the one who gave the order to bomb...

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The scale of Japan's growth is easy to demonstrate but understanding the reason is much more difficult, especially when this country was completely destroyed after the Second World War. The end of the Pacific War in 1945, should have economically and psychologically spelled doom for Japan. "By the end of the Pacific War the volume of Japan's industrial production was less than thirty per cent of her output in 1936. ... The total estimate of damage caused by the Pacific War to the Japanese General Wealth was 65 302 million Yen. ... Overall, the Japanese economy was the highest growth ...

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Once again, ominous luck fell upon the world of tattooing after World War II, when Marlon Brando type bikers and juvenile delinquents wore them and an unfortunate outbreak of hepatitis in 1961 sent tattoo artists heading for the hills (Midre). ... War victim's heads were part of the trade supply and poor slaves were mokoed (tattooed face) only to be murdered for their heads (Tattooarchive). ...

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Henry Kissinger's quote, "Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac" has been depicted throughout history. For many centuries, one communal goal found amongst disparate individuals, colonies, and nations was the desire to obtain the greatest magnitude of power. The collective mindset found concerning domina...

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