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As I was reading the chapter, and judging every action by the most power countries I can say that the reason of outbreak of the war would be the ideology of the leaders and how they approached people, and put the same idea in their heads; and the other bold reason would be the economic factors or natural resources. World war two was a biggest mistake that happen by leads of the big nations even with having the experience from world war I, and the main character or person that played the main role in whole world war II would be Adolf Hitler. Because, he had the urge of reclaiming Germany's honor after world war I and once again make Germany The Great Germany. If we take a minute, and go back to the part that which idea and strategies started the first steps to the world war II would be Fascism and Communism, which historians have said that they were …show more content…

The Western countries put a condition on the iron scarp export to japan, that if Japan doesn’t evacuate his troops from China they wouldn’t sell it to Japan. Japan leaders decided that even if it comes to it, they would force the western countries to give them the natural sources. After couple of attacking strategies, Japanese commander Isoroku Yamamoto came up with an attack strategy on United State. Based on his plan, they would weaken down the navy army, and from there they would take the war in Pacific Ocean, and Roosevelt will accept their demands after facing defeat. On December seventh, 1941 Japan attacked unexpectedly on American Fleet, hundreds of sailors died. Yamamota was proud of his plan because he succeeded, but also worried. He was worried that United States would use their men power and other resources. After the second attack on Hawaiian Island Roosevelt went to congress and without any debate they declared war on Japanese

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On Sunday, December 7, 1941, Japanese planes flew into the American Naval base, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii with a surprise attack that heavily damaged and destroyed planes and navy vessel as well as killed over 2,000 servicemen. This attack was a huge surprise for the commanders on base, but many historians do not believe it was much of a shock for President Roosevelt or other important individuals in Washington. Immediately after the attack, Japan declared war on the United States, which also meant that the United States would eventually go to war with Japans ally, Germany, which the President had wanted for many months prior to the attack. President Franklin Roosevelt had previous knowledge of the surprise attack, but withheld it from any generals,

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Introduction: On December 7th, 1941, Japanese aircrafts bombarded the American fleets in a Pearl Harbor naval base, near Honolulu Hawaii. The attack on Pearl Harbor was a strategic scheme to take out the American fleets after the Nine-Power Treaty failed, due to Japan’s violation of it. The attack had devastating consequences and caused America and Japan to be at each other's throats. As a result, President Roosevelt declared war on Japan and unleashed two major bombings putting Japan to its knees and forcing them to sign a surrender document, later on, putting America and Japan at peace.

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