Pearl harbor
"I fear we will awaken a sleeping giant."--Admiral Yamamoto Those words were said by Yamamoto after the attack to Pearl Harbor. Which by cause and effect principle it led the United States to go to war. The movie “Pearl Harbor” is inspired on the real facts that happened December 7, 1941, this essay will highlight both the true and the false events that happened all along the movie. This essay will also highlight important people and facts that were used on the movie. It all started in 1931 when the Japanese invaded China, as a result in 1937 they attacked it and that attack caused friction between the United States and Japan, because they were trying to control the Japanese in a diplomatic and economic way without using military force. Then in 1941 the Japanese government gave false promises of peace and they strategically devised a plan to attack the United States. The object for that plan was to immobilize the pacific fleet so that the United States could not interfere with the Japanese invasion over China. Japan led way to their attack in November 26, 1941 se
Admiral Husband E. Kimmel was also part of the movie. As commander in chief of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, Kimmel and his Army counterpart, Lt. Gen. Walter C. Short, were held responsible for the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Lt. James Doolittle was also mentioned on the movie. As seen in the movie he trained his pilots how to fly those plains as if they we not heavy at all. He is famous because he led the so called “Doolittle Raid” on Japan, April 18th, 1942, which is also mentioned in the movie. He was awarded a medal of Honor for leading the raid. To conclude, the movie “Pearl Harbor” gives you contrast of the fiction and nonfiction side of Hollywood. It does mention important people, places, and dates, but the story itself is not as accurate as it would be if it were a documentary. This is because the main theme of the movie is actually the love story and the whole attack part was used as a background. The movie gives you an insight to the experience felt by the people during that time but at the same time uses the love story to sweeten the sad side of the attack. In deduction the whole idea of t
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