Pearl Harbor Essay

In the mid nineteenth century, Westernization spread to many countries, especially those in Asia. Fukuzawa Yukichi, a key figure in westernizing Japan, encourages individuals to embrace the Western ideas and culture. He believes that there are many benefits in allowing the Western culture into Japan and that it should not be pushed away. Since the old government in Japan was abolished, nothing prevents the Japanese people from accepting Westernization values. Yukichi believes that ridding Japan…

This paper will investigate the media portrayed and propaganda of how the emperor was presented as a driving force toward Japanese imperialism in Japan. The cry “for the emperor” persevered from the Meiji Restoration to WWII to continue to support the various shifting movements, militarism, and imperialism. The extent of the emperor’s influence and involvement during WWII was tested the most with Emperor Hirohito who lived during WWII and US Occupation. The Japanese emperor was used as a…

The Japanese internment is a historical event that is often glossed over despite being the “first mass evacuation” in the United States entailing the removal of American civilians, namely 120,000 Japanese Americans, due to racial discrimination (Okubo, Introduction). The physical edifices of the ten internment camps located in the “remote desert and mountain areas” no longer exist; instead, all that remains are “pieces of concrete, pipes, and wire” (Introduction). As cameras and other “modes of…

The accuracy of historical events is their quality of being correct or precise. In Persepolis, a story based on the writer Marjane Satrapi’s childhood memory, impacted many people’s points of view on the Iranian society. To Satrapi, the purpose of this book was to inform the outsiders about the events that have actually happened instead of the story they heard based on the few extremists. In the chapter “The F-14s”, Satrapi provided many accurate pieces of information such as Iraqi migs have…

Introduction The Battle of Midway was between America’s and Japan’s Navy. It started on June 3, 1942 and ended on June 7, 1942 with America winning. Battle of Midway was one of America’s most decisive victories of the war. The American Intelligence was able to decode Japan’s naval code. With the naval code America was able to anticipate a surprise attack. The U.S. Naval forces were able to recognized the attack against the Alaska Islands and were able to mass the Japanese forces around Midway.…

Prime Minister Winston Churchill of Britain decided to choose the equipment the English troops had to protect England, he did not want to protect Australia from the invasion of the Japanese. John Curtin heard about this news and decided to call America for help. Older Australians who were loyal to Britain were devastated about how this new allegiance was formed. Later many American troops started to arrive in Australia to fight in the war in the pacific. In 1943 a little amount of Australians…

Laura Hillenbrand's biographical book Unbroken describes the thrilling true story of Olympian and World War II prisoner of war survivor Louis Zamperini. Zamperini was from Torrance, California, where he was known for being a troublemaker. His brother introduced him to the sport of running. Zamperini quickly became beloved by the sport and eventually left out his troubled life behind and went on to become an Olympian. Zamperini had gone to the Berlin games and was prepared to run, but was not…

Hegemonic narratives are narratives created by people that have dominance over others, while a counter-narrative is a narrative of the marginalized, and the oppressed. The novel When the Emperor was Divine is a counter, historical fiction book written by Julie Otsuka that critiques the hegemonic narrative of WW2. The author writes about a Japanese-American family living in the US during World War 2, that are forced into an incarceration camp in Utah. The main characters of the book all changed…

Knuckle Knife with Scabbard Description This silver knife is made of steel. It has a handle that has four holes for the fingers. The blade is sharp on both side and meets at a point. The brown, leather scabbard with a security strap to securely hold the knife in place, has two cuts so the owner can attach the blade to a belt. There are no marks that shows who made these two artefact, but it has ‘93-2214’ engraved in black ink on it. Purpose and Use (197) These types of knuckle knives were…

Flying Tigers In this essay I am going talk about what were Flying Tigers. I will talk about there disbanded date and who made up this group. What were same of the missions of the Flying Tigers. All of this information take about how the Flying tigers started, and how the Flying Tigers end. So all this information will be included in this essay. So just set back and relax and just read this essay. The Flying Tigers are a volunteer group (AVG). A unit of american fighter pilots during World War 2…