The Anniversary Of World War II

Consistent with Japanese propaganda the nationalist leaders held belief that Japan was “the leader, protector and light of Asia”. However, this perception of liberation from colonial rule was a façade as the civilians of occupied nations experienced harsher treatment under the Japanese than they did under the colonial authorities.

The autobiography illustrates personal experiences of discrimination and prejudice while also reporting the political occurrences during the United States’ involvement in World War II. After the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, the United States government unleashed unrestrained contempt for the Japanese residing in the nation. The general public followed this train of thought, distrusting the Japanese and treating them like something less than human. In a country of freedom and justice, no coalition stepped up to defend the people who had lived there most of or all of their lives; rather, people took advantage of the Japanese evacuation to take their property and belongings. The government released demeaning propaganda displaying comical Japanese men as monsters and rats, encouraging the public to be vigilant and wary toward anyone of Japanese descent. The abuse of the Japanese during this period was taken a little too lightly, the government apologizing too late and now minor education of the real cruelty expressed toward the nation’s own citizens. Now we see history repeating itself in society, and if we don’t catch the warning signs today, history may just come full

My topic for this year 's National History Day project is on the turning points on World War II. This topic interested me because it tells you about all of the turning points in World War II. It also tells you about all of the different battles in the war and how they were categorized as turning points, research on this specific topic also tells you about what the battles were about and how they were caused or who caused them. This also teaches you about how the battles had ended and affected the people and who won the battles and what the major turning points of these battles were.

The relevance that the event still has on today’s society can be seen when Japan’s senior vice-minister for Economy Tadahiro Matsushita stated “Japan had caused tremendous damage and suffering to people of many countries, which was a cause of deep remorse and a heartfelt apology”.

…nevertheless the future outlook for further dangerous incidents was anything but serene. On the one hand, the ability of the Tokyo Government to control the action of the Japanese forces in China in jeopardizing American life, interests, and property is negative. On the other hand, I cannot conceive that with all our pacifist tendencies and longing for peace the patience of our people under cumulative insult is inexhaustible.6

Eric Muller 's American Inquisition: The Hunt for Japanese American Disloyalty in World War II tackles a dark episode of American history: the internment of Japanese Americans in the early 1940s. Muller examines the tragically flawed reasoning of the American government and makes the unpleasantly valid point that, even as we denounce today the previous actions of our government, we have failed to abolish the sentiments that led to such oppressive and misguided acts.

The Americans prior to World War II had always seen the Japanese as an inferior race dating back even further than the time of Commodore Matthew Perry in the mid 19th century. The US government saw the country of Japan as childish and immature. After the War The United States wanted to fix Japan, make it an ally by changing the country into a more western mature nation. The USA wanted to create a democratic economic powerhouse in its own image. The reformation of Japan after the war was simply an imposing of western ideas and values, not unlike the Meiji period that happened almost a century prior. The article shows that the United States needed the help the Japanese because they believed that the Japanese could not help themselves. The article also show a contrast to this with the treatment of the Chinese by the Japanese during the second Sino-Japanese war, who saw them as inferiors. Japan saw themselves as liberators from barbarism as much as the Americans. The article stops itself from being an essay on the shortcomings of the US, but also of Japan; it succeeds in giving discredit where discredit is due, for a more balanced look at both of the

During World War II (1939-1945), D-Day, or the Battle of Normandy, was the turning point in the Allied attempt to liberate Western Europe from Nazi control. The invasion involved 326,000 British, American, and Canadian troops spread among five beaches. The Allies were victorious due to Nazi mistakes. Hitler, believing the attack was simply a diversion to distract the Germans from an attack north of the Seine River, withheld reinforcements and support from armored units. This gave the Allies a significant advantage however, the Allied manpower and the superiority of Allied air support would make D-Day an Allied victory. As a result, France was liberated and the advancement of troops to Berlin began. Simultaneously, Hitler’s attempted genocide of Jews had been in effect since the beginning of the war in 1939. This time period, known as the Holocaust, resulted in the death of over six million Jews incarcerated in concentration camps. These camps were being run without opposition until the invasion of Normandy. The Allied forces often encountered Nazi concentration camps spread throughout Western Europe and were liberated upon arrival. The novel, Night, by Elie Wiesel depicts the typical experience and eventual liberation of the camp Buchenwald. D-day’s impact on World War II and eventual impact on the liberation of concentration camps influenced Elie Wiesel the writer of, Night.

World War II was devastating to an many involved and much damage has been done on both sides, physically and mentally.To Japan WWII is known as “the fifteen- year war” as some may not have regarded, Japan’s view of the war is radically different from the U.S. and others involved. “An aptitude for being unloved: War and Memory”, Dower’s essay demonstrates that Japan viewed themselves as victims of the war rather than aggressors, and that some aspects of the war were “whitewashed”, but this isn't solely unique to Japan in this situation. As it is common in most every history, especially in America who are still reluctant in admitting responsibility to the Vietnam war or slavery. As well as setting a reminder to listeners of how Americans excussed the emperor from responsibility.

D-Day was the battle that is accredited with ending World War II. D-Day helped the Allied counties to advance into Germany. After the invasion the Allied troops marched towards Germany. Battle of the Bulge was a last minute German attempt to stop the advancing U.S forces. Germany attempted to use a blitzkrieg. The cold winter also caused many problems for both sides. Radios stopped working do to the cold. Guns jammed more often. The Allied forces was not ready for the extreme cold, many solders would wrap old news paper around their feet to help keep warm. Unfortunately the newspaper would become wet from the snow, many solders would get frostbite some where on their body. The Allied troops had to use new tactics to deal with rarely seen tanks.

World War 2 II was the largest and most violent armed conflict in all of humanity. This event lasted six years, and were the darkest six years in all of history. This would have lasted much longer than six years if it were not for the day on June 6, 1944 called D-Day, which is also called the invasion of Normandy. D-day was the battle in World War II where the Allied Forces attacked the German army in the coast of Normandy located in France, which stopped them from invading and conquering the whole European Nation. The leader of the German Army, Hitler, made a lot of questioning decisions after the Allied Forces won the Invasion of Normandy. This choice that the Allied Forces made may have possibly changed the outcome of the war. D-Day is one

The end of World War II was not just the end of a war, but also the beginning of a tense and dynamic period that affected society on all levels. This “postwar” period, as it became known, shaped the world, as we know it today; likewise, the period was shaped itself both by the war that had preceded it, and the powerful forces that surrounded it. As the energy of fundamentally different ideologies, Communism and Democracy collided with advances in science such as the nuclear bomb, a dangerous environment ensued that created an atmosphere of paranoia throughout the world and especially, within America.

In his work “Right to Kill, Right to Make Live” Takashi Fujitani compares and contrasts the Japanese treatment of colonialized Koreans leading up to World War II with the American treatment of the Japanese residents following the bombing of Pearl Harbor. This work highlights how both the Japanese and the Americans treated the Koreans and Japanese Americans, respectively, and offers several different viewpoints. Thus, this work is exceptionally important and provides incredible insight into both cultures and the harsh reality of wartime. Additionally, Fujitani also explains how the Korean and Japanese populations are still influenced today.

John Dower, a professor of Japanese Studies at the Michigan Institute of Technology and Pulitzer Prize winning author, is the author of the extensively researched and well formulated book, War Without Mercy. War Without Mercy approaches the well-known WWII era Pacific Theater in a way that allows the readers to witness the Japanese perspective of the war. Describing in great detail the wartime attitudes of the Japanese and Americans toward each other, the reasons such attitudes were felt, the atrocities and the merciless actions against the enemy which they encouraged, it even entices the readers to question their own opinions about the war with its eye-opening writing. World War II, who often stands out as the “Good War” , was a war to reestablish the peace and ethics challenged by the Axis powers. Or so goes the notion, yet the facts set forth by this book make the reader realize the true and often absurd mentality behind many of the actions taken by the Allies, namely in the Pacific Theater. War Without Mercy depicts the transforming American mentality as shaped by different events, such as the shocking Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor where Americans reacted with a mixture of terror and rage, and shows the ensuing consequences of such thinking. These strong negative feelings and perceptions from the Japanese and the Americans against one another, became the fuel which allowed the blatantly racist and exaggerated negative portrayal of the enemy in both side’s media and

The end of World War II saw two opposing superpowers emerging in the form of the United States of America and the Soviet Union. After dealing with Nazi Germany, these two superpowers sought to spread their individual influence throughout the world and thus the Cold War began. The Cold War wasn 't a direct War but a series of proxy wars and decades of intimidation, propaganda and espionage. Germany was occupied after the war and the Soviet Union controlled the area surrounding Berlin but not the city itself. There were already tensions between the Soviet Union and the Western allies because they felt threatened by each other and feared a new war could develop. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill at this time declared that an iron curtain has descended across Europe. Soviet leader Joseph Stalin didn 't like the idea of West Germany regaining any former power so in 1948 the Soviets blockaded the Western sections of Berlin to force the other allies to give them control of the whole city. In turn, the Western allies just airlifted supplies into the city. In 1949 NATO was formed to strengthen the Western allies and Germany became divided into East and West as was Berlin itself. Stalin wanted to be in control of the countries on Russia 's borders to ensure security and because of this the Soviet Union claimed the states it had invaded during the war and established communist regimes within them. Stalin then set up secret police squads within these new regimes with orders to