Battle of the Philippine Sea

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    Japanese Americans 1940

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    1940, Americans cracked one code from Japanese. The Japanese was the code for sending secret messages. They were all aware of Japanese’s plan for the Southeast Asia. Japan conquered European colonies, it could be threatened. The American controlled Philippine Islands & Guam. The government sent the Chinese resistance to stop the Japanese advance. French Indoctrina, Cambodia, Laos, & Vietnam. Roosevelt cut off oil shipments to Japan. The Japanese continued their conquests. They catched European power

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    The Failure to Maintain Stability Over time, history has shown that Americas involvement in conflicts, proved to be futile efforts in practicing policies of attraction and developing relationships with other cultures. Some leaders successfully established levels of control over indigenous persons, but not without promoting an agenda, or following orders that were not their own. Leaders, left to their own devices, promoted the political agenda via a military mindset that did not allow for diverse

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    US Super Power

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    who they were in battle with, then it would’ve been hard to emerge. The U.S emerged into a national super power because of The Spanish American Cuban Filipino War, and America as an Imperial Power with a Global Reach. Many people think that the U.S emerged because they helped other nations. They are wrong because they had to battle other nations and defeat them in order to become one of the strongest nations. They couldn’t have helped other nations because they were mostly in battle. The U.S emergence

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    Marie Evergreen, most people just call me Prim though. I was named after the flower Primrose. I am a 13-year-old girl, originally from Great Britain but moved to North America a couple months ago. It’s Tuesday May 5th 1942 The Battle of the Coral Sea is a major naval battle between the Japanese Navy and the Naval and air forces from the USA and Australia. To strengthen its defence in the South Pacific Japan decided to invade and occupy Port Moresby and Tulagi. In the beginning of world war 2 the US

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    Try this Concise & Informative Summary on Killing the Rising Sun now! Here's just a taste of what you'll see in this useful summary: Corporal Lewis Kenneth Bausell, along with other marines in the First Battalion, was posted to Peleliu. Peleliu was an island with a well-established control of the Japanese forces and yet the mission was undercover because of minor perceived threats by American intelligence. Corp. Bausell was a known marine even though he was new. The Japanese had a strict rule

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    The Imperial Republic

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    X. Seizing the Philippines Secretary of the Navy Theodore Roosevelt wanted to strengthen the Pacific fleet so he ordered George Dewey to attack the Spanish forces in the Spanish colony, the Philippines. The war that had started as a way of freeing Cuba had turned into a war to take away all of Spain’s colonies. XI. Battle of San Juan Hill Santiago Harbor was a deep water harbor that gave the Spanish control of Santiago

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    Philippine Insurrection

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    wrong because it was against everything our nation was founded upon.  Others saw imperialism as a chance to exploit people and land to earn power and prestige.  The following paragraphs will explore America’s experimentation with imperialism in the Philippines.              During the Spanish-American War, America outright won Puerto Rico and Cuba by defeating the Spanish in each area.  At the end of the war, the Spanish were not defeated

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    Ilocos History

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    Ilocos Ilocos collectively refers to two provinces in the Philippines: Ilocos Norte and Ilocos Sur. Inhabitants are called Ilocanos and they speak the language Iloko, also called Ilocano. The Ilocos Region, containing four provinces, is named after Ilocos. 28% of the inhabitants of the region are Pangasinan people, who belong to a different ethnolinguistic group from the Ilocanos. In the 330 pages “The Ilocos Heritage” (the 27th book written by Visitacion de la Torre), the Ilocano legacy and

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    Battered at times but never sunk, the Enterprise earned respect and status within the military ranks. The war in the Pacific and defeat of the Japanese was crucial in WW II. The right to own key islands meant air might and the right to determine sea lanes meant sea power.

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    time, the Philippines belonged to the United States. When Japan bombed them, the U.S. rushed to their side. After much fighting, the Philippines surrendered in May of 1942. During this time, Japan was also able to acquire Singapore, the Netherlands Indies, now Indonesia, and Burma, formally the Republic of the Union of Myanmar. Next, the Japanese decided to go for Australia. Fortunately for the Allies, there were two obstacles in Japan’s way. These two obstacles were the Coral Sea and Midway

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