Pearl Harbor was one of the greatest tragedies ever to Americans. However, very few things are said about the Japanese point of view, what their conditions were, what they did to plan out the attack, and what the consequences of this attack was, both long term and short term. While the attack on Pearl Harbor was an ambush, there had been tension between the two nations for decades. During the 1920's and 1930's, Japan underwent suffering due to industrial congestion and greater competition in Asia. Japan was left struggling to get back on the top, and was anxious for economic growth. In addition, there was also a scarcity of foreign food supplies to feed the growing population of Japan. And with the Great Depression in 1931, this isolated country took a turn for the worse, particularly in terms of trading. Japan was left with very little, and because of their conditions was forced to obtain new funds from China. Although times were very tough for Japan, they were driven by their pursuit for power. In 1931, the Japanese Imperial Army invaded the Manchuria in Northeast Asia and set up a puppet state known as Manchukuo. Japan was removed from the League of Nations because the League denounced this attack. After taking over Manchuria, Japan was hungry for more land. So, they thought that China would be the perfect place to call their own. .
The Americans were not pleased with Japan's progressively aggressive defiance towards China in 1937. The Japanese thought that the only way that they could solve their financial and demographic difficulties once and for all was to develop into China's territory and rule over its import market. In September of 1941, Japan became a member of the Tripartite Pact with Germany and Italy. This arrangement gave them the power that was necessary to force major issues with the United States. Japan also gained new territory when they invaded French Indochina. The United States reacted to this hostility by a succession of fiscal sanctions and trade embargoes.
I have always been intrigued about the attack on Pearl Harbor. ... Japanese aircraft carriers launched plane from 274 miles away from Pearl Harbor. ... By the Japanese bombing the Pearl Harbor it would give the United States just cause to join in the fight. ... I know I wasn't born yet but I tired to put it into perspective and I though about September 11th. ... The telegram came to Pearl Harbor and hour to late. ...
Pearl Harbor is a classic romance film created with the background of WWII complications in the early 1940s. ... The first scene that catches my eye automatically is how the film lacks a clear reason why the Japanese Empire decided to bomb Pearl Harbor. ... Pearl Harbor sure has its controversy when it comes to inaccuracies in the events of history. ... The film leaves people with the reminder of what happened at Pearl Harbor. ... "Pearl Harbor" ends in a heartwarming and unexpected series of events and looking at this film from an amusing and pleasurable perspective it sure did sur...
is a classic film recounting the Japanese sneak attack on the United States Navy's Pacific Headquarters in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on December 7, 1941. ... While taking a WWII history class during my undergraduate years, I read Gordon Prange's At Dawn We Slept: The Untold Story of Pearl Harbor and Roberta Wohlstetter's Pearl Harbor: Warning and Decision. ... Despite the fact that there have been warnings and tell-tale signs, the American's refuse to believe that the Japanese would pull such a stunt or that Pearl Harbor itself is vulnerable. ... What makes this film work is ...
, is essentially two films that slowly intertwine to tell one story of the events that lead to the bombing of Pearl Harbor. ... show the actual attack on Pearl Harbor. ... Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, the conflicted commander of the Japanese fleet, is the man who has the duty of carrying out the attack on Pearl Harbor. ... It does not really leave anything out or does it add much (like Pearl Harbor adds the love story). ... In comparison to the most recent film about Pearl Harbor, Pearl Harbor, Tora, Tora presents the story of this attack with less fantasy and more realism. ...
December 7, 1941 is one of the most infamous days in the history of the United States, when Japan brutally and mercilessly attacked Pearl Harbor. ... So the Japanese carrier continued to prepare for the attack on Pearl Harbor, America's most important pacific naval base and the largest threat to Japan. ... The Japanese did not attack Pearl Harbor again. ... The most interesting aspect of the book is the way it changes perspectives nearly every chapter, so in one you"re looking critically at the situation as an American, in the next you"re following Sagamaki, a mem...
After all, the Japanese had provoked the United States by bombing Pearl Harbor, not the other way around. ... When examining Truman's decision to bomb Japan through the perspective of 60+ years of history and the results of the atomic bombings versus the potential results of the alternatives available to Truman at the time, it becomes abundantly clear that he made a correct and justifiable decision and ended the war. ... 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 ...
(Granastein and Johnson 105) But regardless of fear, Canada nor the rest of their allies, had not a clue what was to happen five months later at the United States military base, Pearl Harbor. Both articles look at Pearl Harbor as "the straw that broke the camel's back" but, Granastein and Johnson's article looks at it from a different perspective than Ward's. ... Peter Ward tends to stick with commenting on the west-coast residents and their reactions such as In the week following Pearl Harbor some Japanese in Vancouver were victimized by scattering acts of vandalism. ... (Wa...
Furthermore, many feel that if Japan had not threatened the US by the bombing of Pearl Harbor then all carnage during this time would have been avoided. ... It is true that over 100,000 Japanese citizens had lost their lives as a result of the explosions, but what about those American lives lost at Pearl Harbor? ... Japan bombed Pearl Harbor and threatened the US, bringing about their involvement in the war. ... Many say that the use of the atomic bomb was unethical because it killed many innocent women and children; but what about Japan's bombing of Pearl Harbor? ... The US suffere...