... issuing passports to laborers, which slowed down the immigration to the United States and America agreed to not legislate against the Japanese, sparing them their pride. The Japanese valued their pride above all else in their culture. Americans thought this would stop the growth of Japanese in America but they were wrong. After the "Gentlemen's Agreement" was passed, it was still okay for ... do everything they could to impress the whites but it was never enough for them. The whites wanted the Japanese immigrants out of their country. In the eyes of the white citizens, the Japanese-Amer...

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... mine. This potentially dangerous fleet sat among our naval vessels and defense plants and up and down our coastline unquestioned. Americans could only imagine what these boats could do in the event of war. This sent a strong hint to Americans. Two retired Japanese officers; one from the army and one from the navy toured the West Coast and carried a secret document entitled The ... Triple Alliance and the Japanese American War. A copy of these secret documents fell into the hands of an American. This textbook says ... time led many West Coast Citizens to seriously question the loyalties...

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... thousands of Japanese-Americans were forced to relocate into Japanese-American relocation camps which had both pro and con arguments. Although the text's authors" considered the camps "unnecessary and unfair", this was an opinion that differed by the individual. In the case of the relocation camps, they regulated Japanese-American activity ... being that in time of war, any type of sabotage, little or big, could be greatly consequential and destructive. Many officials feared that Japanese-Americans would relay information back to their ancestral home, Japan, and thus cause a calamity. In...

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... , an infamous day. A day of no forgiveness and a day for much hate. The day Isoroku Yamamoto and the Japanese navy bombed Pearl Harbor. Many people died do to this attack. Americans were unprepared so the enemy had the advantage. Isoroku Yamamoto, a Japanese general for the Japanese navy. He is the general who lead the attack on Pearl Harbor. Isoroku Yamamoto was born in Nagatcha ... everything back into the position for war, Isoroku carried out his plan. On December 7, 1941 Isoroku and the Japanese navy bombed Pearl Harbor killing many Americans. The Americans were unprepared for the at...

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... interests, and was largely responsible for keeping the domestic market closed to most foreign companies (Japan 101). The Japanese are now at the head of a powerful economy which is the second largest in the world, exceeded only by the Americans. Many believe that the Japanese economy will overtake the U.S. economy by the year 2000. Polls in the United States have indicated that the ... Americans rank the Japanese economic threat higher than the Russian military threat. The two main exports are cars and baseball. Now that ... these items are under threat from the Japanese, it is causing...

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... to draw the American forces up North which was proved ineffective. Soon after this they planned out a sneak attack on Pearl Harbour, a military base for the Americans in Hawaii. The Americans had a small idea that the Japanese might attack them. On the morning of December 7, 1941, a flight of planes were detected, but the people in Pearl Harbour were told that they were US ... on Japan. What Was The Nature Of The War Between The Us And Japan? At the start of the war Japanese forces were very confident of winning the war against the Americans. They used methods such as bombings and air r...

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... waves of fighter planes coming in at the south, southwest, and the north which would confuse the Americans and wouldnt know what to do with the firearm or any thing to use to shot down the planes. The Japanese wanted to catch America Offguard so that they wouldnt know what came at them at the time. That ... was unfair to the Americans because they would be at Church at the time thinking about their families and what they ... by congress. One day later both Germany and Italy, as parnters of Japan in the Tripartite Pact, declared war on United States. When the Japanese were done with th...

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... a lot more than just four heavy carriers. In all, four heavy carriers, one heavy cruiser, three hundred and twenty-two planes, and three thousand five hundred Japanese men were lost at Midway. The Americans lost one heavy carrier, one hundred and fifty planes, and three hundred and seven men. (Source three page 67) Midway was the first defeat ever suffered by the ... Japanese Navy. The film depicted very clearly that Yamamoto's plan was entirely based on what the Japanese presumed the Americans would do. The Americans were not following the script, and the Japanese commanders were not t...

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... deaths would be at a minimal. Finally, the world opinion for the country of America would be changed forever. The atomic bombs helped the Americans to shorten the aggressive war against Japan. This would finally give peace to the war-torn world. Not only did the bombs prove to ... be a more dramatic loss than that of the dropping of the atomic bomb. Finally, the Americans have already lost many American lives trying to control islands that the Japanese had invaded earlier. Over 26,000 Japanese and American soldiers died trying to control Iwo Jima, and over 122,000 soldiers had died ... ...

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... and broke the first 13-parts, passing them on to the President and the Secretary of State. The Americans believed that the Japanese were going to attack Southeast Asia. On Sunday, December 7, 1941, the last part of the Japanese message stating the diplomatic relations with the United States are to be broken off, it reaches to Washington D.C. in the morning, and is decoded ... at 9 A.M. About an hour later, another Japanese message is received. It instructs the Japanese to move forward at 1 P.M. The Americans then realize that time goes with the time in Pearl harbor. Meanwhile, the Japan...

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... and guard towers. During the final chapters of this book, the author does a great job on describing the tough times the Japanese had returning into society. After the Japanese were released from these camps and allowed to return to their homes, America still held a fear and hatred towards these people. Jeanne ... Europe, against a German government who has put Jews, and other minorities into similar camps. These American camps were not death camps, but they made Japanese Americans live in harsh living conditions because America was afraid of these people. The government divided families,...

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... . 12-7-1941 (11) A: Japan launched a sneak attack on Pearl Harbor which damaged of destroyed many ships and planes and killed about 2500 Americans. R: War was declared between the U.S. and Japan with its allies. "Asia for the Asians" (12) A: The Japanese wanted control over Asia and stressed the slogan "Asia for Asians" which is self -explanatory. R: Many Asians wanted this at first but ... civilian good to prepare for the war, and women were detrimental to this project. R: The only response was a positive one from the allied countries. Relocation of Japanese Americans. 1942 (14) A: The ...

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... affect, and it also had to be somewhere that had not been previously damaged. If the United States dropped the bomb on rubble, the Japanese wouldn't know what it could really do. They quickly decided on Hiroshima because it was a big city and mostly undamaged. It was also flat ... This appeal was called the Potsdam Declaration. It didn't talk about the new atomic bomb, nor did it offer to spare the Japanese emperor, since a study said 1/3 of Americans wanted him hanged. The Prime Minister of Japan, Suzuki, rejected the declaration on July 28, 1945. Now the United States was forced ... ...

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... war, but were then given a reason to join. The addition of the Americans to the allied side turned the tide and helped end the expansion of Germany and Japan. It could be devised that the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbour for reasons dealing with trade issues. They believed that the United ... Perhaps they could have traded with other nations, instead of disputing with the most powerful nation on the globe. During December 7, 1941, 2403 Americans lost their lives. Aside from this horrific number of innocent people, three battleships had been sunk as well as 2/3 of the air force had ... ser...

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... the traditional American practice. It is clear the Japanese have a very strong work ethic when Jack is seen having a tuff time running sprints. Also the Japanese look at Americans as lazy and don't think the will work very hard. Jack reinforces the laziness of Americans when he tells the coach he has his on ... into showers Jack sees everyone sitting on bucket showering and gets in the heated tub which he is accustomed too. Come to find out the Japanese shower and then bath which Elliott found odd. At the actual came instead of seeing peanuts and hotdogs the traditional baseball snack we...

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... his birth date except a little page in the back of a bible his mother had (Carter Interview). This fact, led to what many Americans did during this time, they lied about their age to get enlisted and in 1944 at the age of only 16 he joined the United ... that moment, he knew one day he would join the many other U.S. Servicemen protecting his country (Carter Interview). He like many other Americans wondered why did the Japanese do this, the Japanese anger focused on the embargos in which the U.S. had slapped on U.S. exports to Japan (Prang 5). During the early part of ... the war, the U...

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... Britain -German bombers bomb RAF bases, then bombed London by mistake, then intentionally more; aerial battle Pearl Harbor - Cause: When Japan took French Indochina, US put trade embargo on Japan. Japanese wanted to destroy the US' Pacific Fleet in order to clear the way to conquer Southeast Asia - US reacts by declaring war on Japan and inspiring men to enlist in ... , fuel, shoes, coffee, sugar, fats, oils, nuts, butter, and canned goods were rationed - 12 million African Americans, 50,000 Native Americans, and 2 million women worked on army supplies - to control prices, the government...

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... thousands of Japanese-Americans were forced to relocate into Japanese-American relocation camps which had both pro and con arguments. Although the text's authors" considered the camps "unnecessary and unfair", this was an opinion that differed by the individual. In the case of the relocation camps, they regulated Japanese-American activity ... being that in time of war, any type of sabotage, little or big, could be greatly consequential and destructive. Many officials feared that Japanese-Americans would relay information back to their ancestral home, Japan, and thus cause a calamity. In...

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... us where it would hurt most, the heart of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The unexpected attack on Pearl Harbor leaded to a great impact on all Americans. 8 American battleships and 13 other naval vessels were sunk or badly damaged. Almost 200 American aircrafts were destroyed, and more than 3,000 naval ... light, fast, and maneuverable. They could probably circle around our planes. The Americans thought they were facing a "wonder weapon." The Mitsubishi A6M Zero pilots were superb also. Overcompensating for their previous, negative stereotypes of the Japanese as imitative "little yellow bastards,...

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... joined with those in Japan who believed that Japan's holdings on Asia's mainland -- mainly in Manchuria -- were vital to Japan's success. Victory eluded the Japanese in China, and his generals were reluctant to accept failure in China -- the acceptance of failure being difficult for many people. Hirohito faced a great decision: ... to give up Japan's occupation of China or, in order to continue the war, to extend war to the Dutch, British and Americans, who were holding back resources that the Japanese needed to pursue war. Europe was at war, and Hirohito saw Japan's ally in Europe, Germa...

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... limiting the supply of cars from Japan, the export restraints raised the prices of Japanese cars. This increased car sales by U.S. firms, thereby hiking their profits. All of this came chiefly at the expense of American auto consumers, particularly those who bought Japanese cars during this period. Overall, Americans as a whole were more worse off due to the introduction of the export restraints ... . The higher prices for Japanese cars caused some consumers to defer purchases altogether and others to switch to American autos. In fact, the ... negative impact on sales of the Japanese aut...

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... an island; whereas on the mainland millions of people who would fight until their death to protect their country. Can you imagine if the Americans invaded mainland Japan where they had not only soldiers to fight against but also the citizens of Japan loyal to their emperor? Massive destruction, ... or they would shove bamboo shoots under their fingernails. The American government also wanted revenge for the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. The Japanese gave no warning to the Americans and no war was declared until after the incident. The Russian territorial growth definitely played a fa...

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... an island; whereas on the mainland millions of people who would fight until their death to protect their country. Can you imagine if the Americans invaded mainland Japan where they had not only soldiers to fight against but the citizens of Japan loyal to Hirohito? Massive destruction, immense loss ... bamboo shoots under their fingernails. The American government also wanted revenge for the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. No warning was given by the Japanese to the Americans and no war was declared until after the incident. The Russian territorial expansion definitely played a factor in ...

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... , after rebuilding the economy, was doomed when World War II came around. There wasn't much the Japanese could do, but after their attack on Pearl Harbor, they were probably the biggest target during World War II. Right after the Japanese were finished with their bombing, the Americans hatched a plan to get back at them. They sent aircrafts into Japan and bombed Tokyo as ... much as they could. Even though the American's attack wasn't as powerful as the Japanese, they knew that it hurt them just as much Pearl Harbor hurt the Americans. And in just a few years after the attack on Pearl Ha...

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... willingness to die in the face of overwhelming odds had been intense. Their refusal to surrender caused the Americans to use excessive force in order to triumph over the Japanese. Although Japan was seeking to negotiate a peace settlement, President Truman and British Prime Minister, Clement Attlee released ... an end to the war and practically guarantee victory. Lastly, the inefficiency of a military blockade made the bomb an essential last resort. Japanese defiance and resistance seemed to intensify as American landings reached nearer to the islands. The American marines attacked the i...

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