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It was partially necessary for the United States to drop the atomic bomb on Japan because Japan had no intention of seizing the war and the U.S. had a duty to protect the Americans, however, the atomic bomb killed many of innocent people. At this time, the United States were under attack by Japan. Japan had no intention of seizing the war so they did a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor killing many people. The Japanese people felt like it was important to knock out Hawaii because that's where the U.S. Air Force was located. Although the attack was intended to calm down the Pacific Fleet, it gave the Americans the feeling that they wanted to go to war with them. In response to the attack, the U.S. came back with antiaircraft guns, ships, and submarines. The war took place for two hours. At the end of the war, Japan ended up losing 29 planes and 64 men. On the other hand, the United States lost 188 planes, 21 ships, 2,390 servicemen. Even though the war at Pearl Harbor was disastrous, the U.S. ended up winning the war because Japan didn't destroy the …show more content…

The civilians felt that they were in danger because they thought that Japan would come around again for another surprise attack. Ever since the attack happened, Japan wasn't able to be trusted because some them were spies and they would hide in the town to scope around for another potential attack. To prevent that from happening again, Japanese-Americans weren't able to pass through any ports or air-bases. Protecting the Americans was a challenge because Japan was so smart when they attacked them so the U.S. had to think of different ways to keep them away from their territory. Japan had sent out many threats to the West Coast, because of that Congress believed it was compulsory to remove people of Japanese ancestry from the West Coast to prevent

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During the war the Japanese carriers started to sink. June 7 the U.S begin to start attacking the Japanese after they have claimed to Islands. U.S ended up suffering 4 carriers. U.S ended up winning the war ending the Japan threat to the Hawaiian Islands and United States.

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How did the attack on Pearl Harbour in 1941 turn the tide against the Japanese during World War2? Introduction Japan and America were having conflicts in using the Pacific wisely, Japan wanted it to cultivate all resources they desperately needed to keep on running their country, so japan and the United States of America had a problem on sharing the Pacific. Body

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In 1928 the Kellogg- briand pact was signed involving Great Britain the united states japan italy and germany. The events leading to the attack of pearl harbor affected the economy in a positive and negative way depending on who you were. They were affected in this way do to the lend and lease act, EU2 Visuals and japan Attacking Pearl Harbor. The lend and lease act gave the united states the opportunity to lend things to other countries with a fee for they knew they would get it back.

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December 7, 1941 is considered one of the most impactful days in United States’ history: the day Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Despite their size, Japan left an incredible amount of damage with their 5 submarines and 408 planes. President Roosevelt had been avoiding scuffling with Japan since their pact with Germany and Italy; war with Germany was sure to erupt soon enough. However, soon after the ambuscade, the United States’ declared war on Japan and launched their involvement in World War II. Japan’s leaders recognized the risks of invading one of America’s naval bases; yet they persisted.

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Had it not been for the embargoes on Japan, they would have never been looking for oil in the Dutch East Indies, and they would have never felt the need to attack the U.S. in order to prevent them from being stopped. No matter how you look at it, Pearl Harbor was just the culmination of around eighty years of poor decisions, and if we could change history, Commodore Perry should have just stayed

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The next day, President Roosevelt assembled congress to ask them to declare war on the empire of Japan. He was overwhelmed by support and so the us was now in the chaos. The Pacific Fleet was lost losing over 2500 men and ten aircraft carriers and ammunition. The Japanese destroyed 188 aircraft and damaged 158. They also killed 68 civilians and 2403 military personnel.

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America had a casualty count of about 3400, while the Japanese lost only 29 to 60 planes, losing less than 100. The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor crippled the U.S. naval and air strength in the Pacific. On

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The Attack of Pearl Harbor occurred on December 7, 1941 in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. This surprise attack, consisting of 361 planes being launched from six Japanese aircraft carriers, targeted the American naval base and airfields (Background Essay). It leaves the question of why did Japan attack Pearl Harbor. There were at least three reasons why the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. These reasons were Japan wanting more power and respect, The United States taking away Japan's resources, and Japan feeling threatened by the United States.

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However it can be determined that the Japanese had undermined the resilience and perseverance of the American through the Doolittle raids, which caused them to go into a poorly executed fight with the US at Midway. It’s possible to argue that Pearl Harbor was not a mistake as mentioned in the exceptions. While that may be true the evidence supporting this idea is slim .Pearl Harbor was undoubtedly a tactical mistake as it resulted in weakened moral, and a loss of naval superiority for the

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The attack was a surprise to the United States naval base located in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The bombing is what caused the United States to begin fighting in World War II. In 1941, after Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor, Americans thought the Japanese immigrants were spies for the Japanese government the enemy to the United States. Military wanted president FDR to have the power over the Japanese American. President FDR’s executive order 9066 was to put the Japanese in the camps in order to protect the United States from spying.

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Attack. The. What does that word mean? An attack can be defined as a vicious act against someone or something that leaves a hostile impact on a nation's people, and economy. The attack on Pearl Harbor went down in history as arguably the United States' most devastating attack, because of the unpreparedness and uncertainty of what was to come.

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When Japan attacked pearl harbor the United States finally joined World War II. During this period the Allies fought in the Pacific and went after Japan. High casualties from this war because of island hopping in Japan and kamikazes dropped onto U.S ships were devastating and fueled the continuing of the war. As Japan refused to surrender new methods were developed to try and end the war once and for all. Wanting to save American lives, Truman decided to use an atomic bomb on Japan which led to it being dropped on Hiroshima and a few days later Nagasaki, ultimately moving the emperor of Japan to surrender.

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Throughout history, many nations face trials and tribulations that cause them to fall or grow stronger for the future, and America is no exception to this. When such a trial were to come forth, the president does his best to get an appropriate response out of the American people. In President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s “Address to Congress Requesting a Declaration of War with Japan”, Roosevelt tried to persuade Congress, as well as the American public, that going to war with Japan was the right course of action following the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor by Japanese forces. Nearly sixty years, America is once again faced with another trial with the attack of September 11, 2001. President George W. Bush’s “Address to the Nation” speaks about

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They completed their desire and made themselves look strong (at the moment) and killed many Americans. But in the end, the United States went and declared war on Japan, and the United States had won the WWII war. Japan may have looked strong for a while and they may have had Germany and Italy as their allies, but the United States came back with Great Britain, France, and Russia. So, in all, there is an agreement with President Franklin D. Roosevelt that they day Pearl Harbor attack will be “a day which will live in infamy” and hopefully the readers agree as well, and received the answers to the questions they had on why Japan attacked Pearl Harbor. An interesting fact is two of the battleships were eventually repaired that they were able to return to the U.S. Navy’s fleet, these two resurrected battleships were the U.S.S West Virginia and the U.S.S California and they completely sank, but they were repaired and

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To begin, the internment of Japanese-Americans was justified because it was the patriotic duty of Japanese citizens to make their sacrifice for the war effort. After the Empire of Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, Americans were afraid that their Japanese neighbors would help Japan by carrying out future surprise attacks. The federal government and the citizens were eager to join the war after the attack and they all wanted to do their part to support America’s involvement. As a result, President Franklin D. Roosevelt was pressured by the military and government to take action. On January 16, 1942, Representative Leland Ford of California was one of the first officials in Congress that argued for the internment of all Japanese civilians in an effort to prevent espionage.

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