Pearl Harbor Turning Points Of Ww2 Sparknotes

My book “Pearl Harbor (Turning Points of World War II)” by William E. Shapiro discusses the history of Japanese-American relations from the early nineteenth century until the outbreak of war and describes the diplomatic and political events which preceded the bombing. While the main event spoken of in the book is Pearl Harbor many other events occurred before, along with, and after it, such as, the United States annexed Hawaii, Japan annexes Korea, Japanese attacks Pearl Harbor, United States declares war on Japan then later on Germany and Italy, atomic bombs being dropped, and Japan surrendering. A sum of those chronological events, would be that the attack on pearl harbor located in Hawaii, which was annexed by the U.S., caused the U.S.

I never really considered thinking about all the lives lost throughout the outbreak of the war. Especially with the two atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki which although it ended the war, also took a great amount of lives away which I don’t believe was necessary. Shapiro asked, “How could the United States have been caught napping? Didn’t the nation's military and political leaders know that an attack was imminent?” made me really consider the importance of preparedness. In just two hours, more than 2,400 Americans were killed and 18 ships and 188 airplanes were destroyed (Shapiro 5). But the attack was totally unexpected. As a result, American sailors and soldiers were able to shoot down only twenty-nine of the attacking planes and destroy one submarine and five midget submarines. Fewer than one hundred Japanese were killed (Shapiro 5). With that the amount of American lives nowhere compared to the amount of Japanese lives that were taken. Though at the same time, I still do not understand how it was such a surprise to Americans and how it was so

but both knew that the negotiations would be fruitless. The United States was playing for time–time for its military to build up. Japan was hoping to deceive the Americans so that its attack would become a complete surprise (Shapiro 49). Post-war I never thought to think of all the negotiations made, I thought that when those were going to war just go for it and attack them. I never throughout the two going to war communicate beforehand. Though the Americans used the negotiations as a time to build up its military they were somehow still not prepared for the surprise attack when it hit. Another thing I learned is very random, but I learned about the women welders in Texas. Women welders in a Texas aircraft factory painted death masks of the Axis leaders Mussolini, Hirohito, and Hitler on their welding hoods to demonstrate their patriotism (Shapiro