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THE WAR IN THE PACIFIC AND EAST ASIA: JAPAN ON THE OFFENSIVE: 1941-42 When the nations of Western Europe became embroiled in World War II, Japan began to expand into the Southeast Asian colonies of the European powers. After the United States retaliated with economic sanctions, Japan planned a concerted attack on the American naval base at Pearl Harbour, Hawaii, and other Pacific and Asian targets. For a time Japan was master

& Audeskirk, 2011). I believe evolution is one of the most interesting topics of biology. Evolution not only occurs within humans, but every living thing on earth. Evolution also deals with natural selection. Natural selection is to evolution, as Saipan is to the Micronesian Islands. When dealing with evolution, there’s always a part where natural selection takes place. Natural Selection Natural selection drives evolution because the response the environment has to certain genes determine if the

As the war came to an end Truman had two main choices on how to finish the war, either drop the atomic bombs on military and civilian target, invade the Japanese mainland or drop the bomb on an uninhabited island as a warning. There were two different less consired options the first being the idea to demonstrate the power of the nuclear bomb by dropping it on an uninhabited island however this option was quickly shut down as advisors stated, “We can propose no technical demonstration likely to end

First Hawaiian Bank: A socially responsible community betterment program First Hawaiian Bank "is a subsidiary of BancWest Corporation, a regional financial services holding company. BancWest Corporation is a subsidiary of BNP Paribas, a European leader in banking and financial services, with a significant and growing presence in the United States and Asia" (Inside FHB, 2012, First Hawaiian Bank). Despite this international connection, the Bank self-consciously styles itself as a uniquely Hawaiian

Today I will introduce the Island. I'm a Japanese who born in Japan, but I'm not full of Japanese. I have some history about my family and why I'm not full of Japanese. At first, my mother’s side ancestor are not Japanese. They were American and they spoke in English. Now, why I'm am Japanese? I will tell you why I am Japanese. One of my ancestors Mr. Nathaniel Savory (1794 - 1874) was one of the first American colonists who is said to have settled on the Island. He was born in Bradford, Massachusetts

     Gap Inc. was founded in 1969 by Donald and Doris Fisher in San Francisco, California, with a single store and a handful of employees. Today, they’re one of the world's largest specialty retailers with three of the most recognized and respected brands in the apparel industry - Gap, Banana Republic and Old Navy. Gap Inc. has more than 153,000 employees supporting over 4,200 stores in more than 3,100 locations in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, France, Japan

Chaos and continual disorder encompassed the people across the globe in the years prior to the declaration of war between the Axis and Allied powers in 1939. The Great Depression that had struck soon after the First World War left much of the world unemployed and desperate for relief. Nationalism swept through Germany in response to the terms of the Versailles Treaty that ended World War I. China and Japan had been at war since Japanese troops invaded Manchuria in 1931. Germany, Italy, and Japan

Dubbed the largest battle between aircraft carriers, the World War two, Battle of the Philippine Sea was also the most lopsided modern naval victory ever. Like shooting fish in a barrel or a sitting duck the United States forces easily shot Japanese planes out of the sky and sunk their ships. The object of the battle was control of the Mariana Islands. The Japanese who had initiated the fight with us were strategically using the islands in the Philippine Sea as a defense for their homeland. The United

However, men in the ammunition and depot companies saw combat during the amphibious landings on the beaches of Iwo Jima, Saipan, Pelelui and Okinawa. From these experiences, the Montford Point Marines earned the respect of their white counterparts, in spite of the general notion at the time that blacks weren't ready for combat. Even the fact that black Marines were present

Theories Behind the Disappearance of Amelia Earhart The official search for Amelia Earhart, the first female pilot to fly across the Atlantic, lasted until July 19, 1937. However there was nothing to be found. There was no trace of Amelia. She was declared missing, and so the theories began. Many theorists have come up theories for what happened to her, but no one knows what truly happened. The mystery of Amelia can be summed up into two main theories: The “ Crash and Sink” and the “Captured by