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Book Review Of From Pearl Harbor To Vj Day By A. S. Wells

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Annotated Bibliography Wells, A. S., James, C. D. (1995). From Pearl Harbor to V-J Day: The American Armed Forces in World War II. United States: Ivan R. Dee. This is a book written by Clayton D. James and Anne S. Wells that explains the history behind every single conflict that the American Military has ever been a part of. Both the authors narrate the story with a clarity and perspective that any reader wouldnt be able to resist opening up the book and following along. The book starts its narration from the Battle of the Atlantic in April 1914 and ends it’s narration on the Surrender of Japanese Forces in Tokyo Bay. The book never fails to explain how the conflict was brought upon us and our impact on the successes and/or failures of these …show more content…

During World War 2, we saw an incline of women, older people and children working certain factory jobs to provide more necessities for the war. After VJ-Day, these needs declined and soon as the war ended. “The surrender of Japan and the sudden and widespread cancellation of war contracts had an immediate impact on claims for unemployment benefits” (Halsey 1946). During the decline of essencial workers after World War 2, America saw the rise of unemployment claims from people who had troubles finding a new job after the war. These new jobs usually required a pervious education or experience that these people had loss due to being needed to work in factory jobs during the world war. We would also see a higher number of these claims made by both men and women being made in August than in July, which supported the statistic that more of these folks were being laid off and cut from these jobs after the war than before. The contents of this journal offers concise evidence that this surge of unemployment claims did happen right after Victory over Japan day. The source offers dates as well as graphs with statistics on which months saw an increased loss of employment per month before the war, during the war and after the …show more content…

After World War 2, many Japanese Citizens were effected by Victory over Japan day a lot differently then how the rest of the world saw Victory over Japan day. 52 years after the war, Japanese poltical and government officials spoke heartfelt speeches about the loss of the war while uniform baring, flag waving veteran’s asked to be recongnized by all they lost during the war. Holding two seperate ceremonies, both Emperor Akihito and Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto had nothing to offer but sorrows and remorse for the many lives that were lost during the war and the finances lost after the war. To the other countries that surrounded the country however, they believed that Japan needed to pay direct repremands to the surviving victims of their wartime atrocities and war crimes. Many women in Manila protested at the Japanese Embassey dressed in black and demanded the Japanese Government repay them for sex crimes commited to

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