... that Great East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere became Japanese living space for continuing the war. Hong Kong was not an exception of Japanese pacific campaign. Forces of the Empire of Japan attacked Hong Kong, the same morning Japan attacked on Pearl Harbor in 1941. Hong Kong was a part of the British Empire and the only Far East colony and naval base they had. It had an ... before Japanese occupation was Hong Kong dollar, but the Japanese stopped the circulation of Hong Kong dollar and they set the deadline for exchange the currency. On December 26, 1941, the day introduced the military ye...

• Word Count: 1898
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... point of Western victory in World War II, just as the attack on Pearl Harbor is remembered as "the day that went down in infamy". Hiroshima Diary, written by Dr. Michihiko Hachiya, is a journal that records many experiences of the Japanese in Hiroshima on the day of and the days immediately following the bombing. The diary is both intellectually stimulating and emotionally moving, as Hachiya ... probably similar to those of the people of your "enemy." For the first time ever, I felt that some aspects of the atom bombs in Japan were worse than that of Pearl Harbor, simply because I was l...

• Word Count: 1909
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... of Japanese Canadians were law abiding." (Granastein and Johnson 105) But regardless of fear, Canada nor the rest of their allies, had not a clue what was to happen five months later at the United States military base, Pearl Harbor. Both articles look at Pearl Harbor as "the straw that broke the camel's back" but, Granastein and Johnson's article looks at it from a different perspective than ... Ward's. Both articles are similar when mentioning the thirty-eight Japanese nationals that were interned by the RCMP for the safety of the community. But Ward's article adds ... war. Even so, th...

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... and psychological persecution of Japanese Americans dates to the early 20th century, when immigration from Japan was slowed, and eventually stopped altogether by the government. Furthermore, Japanese American children were segregated from certain schools on the West Coast of the U.S. The racial tension between Japanese Americans and non-Asians only grew in the following years. After the Pearl Harbor attack, which was suspected to have been helped by ... "fifth column" Japanese spies, the American public separated itself from the Asian public, by way of segregating Asians from public pla...

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... War II changed abruptly, following Japan's "surprise attack" on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Tensions increased between the countries since then as Americans expanded conventional bombing techniques and tightened their increasingly successful naval blockade. The Japanese began the stock piling of aircraft, amassed a giant conscripted military force, and commenced the creation of a civilian army. The leaders of Japan were issued an ultimatum at Postdam for surrender ... and issues of re-election combined with a collective American feeling of hatred towards the Japanese race that aro...

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... ruled out b/c would only inflame Japan's fighting spirit Most of these fliers had not experienced combat b4 The Japanese knew they were coming b/c had picked up radio messages transmitted btwn the 2 task groups and Pearl but they calculated the Americans would have to get around 300 mi from the coast to make a carrier strike, 69 Japanese land based bombers were on alert and they could ... range out as much as 600 miles so the Japanese believed they could hit the Americans before the Americans could launch There were also a flotilla ... possible Task Force 16's mission was accomplished,...

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... : Invasion of Poland 3 Major Axis Powers - Germany, Italy, Japan 4 Major Allied Powers - US, UK, France, USSR Rhineland - section of Western Germany declared a Demilitarized Zone by the treaty of Versailles Appeasement - the policy of giving in to demands - Start: Occupation of Rhineland - End: Invasion of Poland Blitzkrieg - "lightning war- which stressed speed and surprise; Stuka bombers, tanks smash defenses, knock ... out communication Luftwaffe - German Air Force RAF - British Royal Air Force Blitz of Britain -German bombers bomb RAF bases, then bombed London by mistake, then intent...

• Word Count: 945
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... of issue driving the heated debate is the Exhibit of the Enola Gay, a WWII era B-52 Bomber just like any of the thousands of B-52's built for the army during the war. This bomber, however, is very special because it was the bomber that dropped the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki and with that single act, caused the Japanese to surrender, "avenged" Pearl Harbour and pushed the war to ... an end. Heralded as a harbinger of peace by some and a symbol of reckless destruction by others, the Enola Gay meant different things to differnt people just as the planned exhibit, The Last Act, m...

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... free to choose their occupation and move about without restrictions. By providing a new environment of political and financial security, the government made investment in new industries and technologies. These were the economical changes the Meiji Restoration was responsible for. The government led the way in this, building railway and shipping lines, telegraph and telephone systems, three shipyards, ten mines, five munitions works ... better or worse? Japans democratic political system continued to evolve under the Meiji constitution, but then is unable to meet the dual changes of econ...

• Word Count: 1593
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate