Manchuria Dbq

The book about the day that will live in infamy did get many things right, including the damage control on all of the ships. However, I do doubt that a fighter whose mission is to sink ships would peel away from his squadron to attack a lone person. But the battleship Arizona really was sunk, like all of the other ships in the harbor. Like I said at the beginning, this book brought to life some aspects I never looked at before. Not only that, it had all of these aspects correct. There were actually two waves of bombers and fighters that attacked the harbor, and there is a Hickam air force base in on the east side of Pearl

To impose imperialistic goals and enhance nationalistic beliefs, the Japanese needed to significantly hinder the growth of the US economy, specifically, so that they could not enter into a Pacific war. Admiral Isoruko Yamamoto made it clear that they could not completely knock out America, because of their large economy. However, they believed that by attacking America’s main naval base, Pearl Harbour, they could prevent America’s entry into a Pacific war for 2 years. Therefore, this time would give the Japanese the opportunity to expand and occupy South East Asia without American intervention. The signing of the Tripartite Pact in September 1940, which allied Japan with Germany and Italy, provoked tension between the United States and Japan joined the Axis Powers. Negotiations in Washington were useless because of the almost diametrically opposite aims of the parties. Japan wanted America to abandon all support of the Chinese government and in return Japan would consider withdrawing from the Axis Pact. America distrusted the Japanese and wanted them to withdraw from Indochina and China. The Japanese were beginning to resent negotiations and believed that by the time America had recovered Japan would have acquired enough land and power that the US would accept a peace offer to avoid costly confrontation because by this time the navy would have established a defense perimeter of

China created an empire extremely similar to the Roman empire discussed in Chapter 5. The only difference being, the Chinese empire was put together using several large armies, which forced their way into new territories. The Qin and Han rulers in China founded this empire. During 221 BCE the state of Qin helped unify China by defeating a main rival of the empire. After this, the king of Qin eventually began to rule all of China, being know as the "first emperor." To help all the states to become more unified he asked for all of the citizens to move into the capital, which created a bigger empire for him to rule. To make sure there wasn't any resistance from the citizens, he ordered officials to go out and retrieve them. Although Qin wanted

What did all of this have to do with the U.S.? Well, because the U.S. had ties with East Asia, politically and economically, the decisions Japan were making were also affecting the U.S. So, America took it upon itself to increase military and financial aid to China. The reason this decision was made was to cut off oil shipments and raw materials to Japan. This is what really angered the Japanese.

An army led by peasants conquered the Qin Dynasty and seized the capital ending the rule of Qin. Liu Bang the man that lead the army defeated all his enemies and created his own dynasty called the Han.

Many people noticed their presence when the Japanese fleet were flying in, but they thought it was their own military at first. The Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, striking force of 353 Japanese aircraft led by Commander Mitsuo Fuchida. The attack launched from six heavy aircraft carriers accompanied by 24 supporting vessels. The United States wasn't ready for war with the Japanese. Lieutenant Ruff raced to the starboard and the Arizona was erupting in a heavy cloud of smoke and flame." The Arizona blew up like a million Fourth of Julys", Crawford landed in the main channel he didn't know how high the explosion flung him but it stunned him, when he hit the water his right hand, left side of his face were burned. The explosion also flew about a hundred of Crawford's shipmates overboard. The attack on Pearl Harbor lasted two hours and was in two waves. The first wave consisted of 181 planes composed of torpedo bombers, dive bombers. The second wave had 170 Japanese planes launched 30 minutes after the first wave the Japanese attacked the moving battleships they wanted

The US Navy was reluctant to believe that an air attack could be launched against Hawaii due to its strong defenses against aviation. This arrogance caused the Americans to be unprepared and very susceptible to the attack. The attack had left 2,403 Americans dead, 1,178 wounded, as well as certain Battleships such as Oklahoma, Arizona and California sunk. Almost all combat aircraft on the islands of Pearl Harbour were either damaged or destroyed, dealing a very heavy blow to the US

army private operator at the Army radar station at Opana noticed a large flight of planes heading toward the bay. The exact morning, the base was expecting a flight of B-17s from the United States, so the private was told to ignore them. (Encyclopedia Britannica Online. Encyclopedia Britannica, n.d. Web. 15 Dec. 2015.) Not one single person knew what was about to hit them. At exactly 7:55 am, the first Japanese dive-bombers were spotted over the horizon, which was part of the nearly 200 aircraft, including bombers, torpedo planes, and fighters. ("EyeWitness to History - History through the Eyes of Those Who Lived It." EyeWitness to History - History through the Eyes of Those Who Lived It. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Dec. 2015.). Their goal was to cripple as many planes as possible so that they didn’t have any time to take to the air. Most of the planes were all in one place so that made it an easy target for them. The planes at Ford Island and Kaneohe Bay, the Army Cir Corps fields at Bellows and the Marine Airfield at Ewa, and the Hickam and Wheeler fields were all strafed. Not a single one was preserved. In the first thirty minutes of the attack is when most of the damage was done to the battleships. With the help of five midget subs, the Japanese were able to help aid their airplanes in targeting the battleships. The Arizona exploded when a bomb hit its ammunition room leaving nothing but bits and pieces of debris, and the Oklahoma was damaged so badly that it turned upside down. The Nevada, California, and West Virginia sank in shallow water along the bay area. Everyone thought it was over till the second wave struck at 8:50 am, exactly 45 minutes after the first. This wave came more fiercely. 170 Japanese planes targeted what was left standing, which was only a few ships and less than 10 dogfighters. By 9:55 it was all over. When the Japanese left, they left chaos behind. More than 180 aircrafts were

It all began when a rivalry was going on between the Japanese and the Americans and that was what sparked things to lead to Pearl Harbor. The motivation of the attack by Japan was shown as early as 1931. The feud between these two had been growing for a while now. Japan had been planning things and the United States was too. The only difference

The first planes arrived at 7:53 a.m. There were in total, 40 torpedo bombers, 50 dive bombers, 50 high level bombers and 43 zero fighters. This wave was targeting the airfields and battleships. The second wave arrived shortly after and targeted other ships and shipyard facilities. The U.S. was especially vulnerable to this attack because there was no suspicion of any attacks whatsoever. Torpedo nets are not in place in the harbor, weapons and ammunition are locked away from each other to comply with peacetime rules, and aircraft are parked wingtip to wingtip on airstrips.The aircraft therefore took much longer to take off and were easily destroyed in mass quantities because they were so close together. After the attack is over Japan has damaged 8 battleships and sunk 5. Three light cruisers, three

Japan during this time had high aggression towards China, because of this the United States sided with China. The Japanese were looking to gain a large amount of power during the 1940’s. The places they attacked, the Japanese were very cruel to the natives in that particular country. The Japanese brutality really upset the American public. The American people believe in what the government presents to them. The American officials responded to reacted to the aggression of the Japanese with multiple economic sanctions and trade embargoes. They believed that if Japan does not have access to money and other goods, including oil, this will decrease their chances of expansion to other countries. Both sides from America and Japan came together for negotiations but none of them could come to an agreement, so war was in the future.

The attack had been planned a long time ago. The Japanese were getting stressed over the years because of the Great Depression and for some reason the Japanese got angry at the Americans.

Japan was a nation of ancient traditions and little contact with the Western world until the late 1800’s. Japan began trade with America and other nations due to visits from Commodore Perry and American warships in the late 1850’s. In the years that followed, Japan took big steps toward being a modern industrial nation. Japan was a strong nation by the 1920-30’s but lacked its own natural resources. Japan looked to nearby countries like Korea and China for the majority of their products however Japan’s plan for East Asia conflicted with American plans especially for China. The ‘Open Door” policy created by Washington created a temporary buffer for China against control by any nation. After the invasion of Manchuria in 1931 America watched

“The seeds of the attack were planted in 1931 when Japan invaded the Chinese province of Manchuria” (R. Anacan “Why did Japan attack Pearl Harbor?’). If Japan did not come to the terms that they were to leave Manchuria, the oil rich country, the United States told them that war would be inevitable (Shapiro 39). In response to the invasion of Manchuria, the

The Japanese had developed a plan and strategy to attack the Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor if a peace agreement could not be reached through talks with the United States. Their idea was that they would destroy the fleet so that the Japanese would have the advantage in the South Pacific. “The Japanese commander shouted over the radio, "Tora, tora, tora!"” (Hopkinson 26) This was the battle cry to signal to proceed with the attack. 183 planes were in the first wave to attack. Their target, Battleship Row where among other battleships, the USS Arizona was docked. The second wave of 168 planes was meant to finish the blow and make sure all targets were attacked ("Pearl Harbor"). There had been a plan to send a third wave of planes to attack the fuel storages and repair facilities. This third