ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOUR
On December 7, 1941, Japanese fighter planes flew over Honolulu, Hawaii and bombed the American naval base. It succeeded in demolishing hundreds of airplanes and a couple of America 's large battleships in just two hours. The sudden strike allowed no preparation, assassinating approximately 2,403 people and injuring 1,143. Most Americans asked about the justification of this attack would claim that it was uncalled for and the Americans were bombed while doing nothing and minding their own business. Others have challenged this idea and researched the possible causes and wondered, “What exactly was the causation of the Attack on Pearl Harbour?” Although not many of the American citizens know, Industrialization and America’s …show more content…
The sudden attack led Americans and Canadians to lose faith in the Japanese, including those who had lived in North America for nearly all, if not entire lives. They began to suspect Japanese as spies undercover to aid in the next attack. In fear of the safety of their home country, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police took action, shutting down Japanese newspapers and schools, and impounding all of their fishing boats. The Japanese lost all their possessions and were forced to live in Japanese internment camps all over Canada, separated from their families. The camps received minimal funding through the selling of property and possessions by the government at a fraction of its actual worth. Men deemed healthy and strong were transported to farms and industries to work. Near the end of World War II, the Japanese were given the choice to either moving to the east of the rockies or going back to Japan. Most of them decided to be exiled and so the Japanese culture in Canada became more scarce. With this, the Canadians and Americans lacked faith in the Japanese even after the internment camps were shut down until the year 1949 when they remaining Japanese citizens were granted full citizenship rights again and the ability to move back to the West …show more content…
The attack caused the loss of approximately 418,500 lives through the participation of America in World War II. They lost three ships but were able to salvage many of the sunken ships. The military took this opportunity to revise and upgrade the recovered ships to include more useful turreted dual purpose guns instead of anti-surface guns, in the end contributed to the victory of the war. Before the attack, the USA was split into the isolationists and the interventionists. The isolationists desired not getting involved and the interventionalists believed in intervening with other nations. Debates on which method would be the most successful in developing their home country and maintaining its power were often had between the two groups but when the congress was deciding whether to declare war, the influence of the strike led the two groups to join together with only one member opposing the declaration to enter the war against
On December 7, 1941, Japanese fighter planes flew over Honolulu, Hawaii and bombed the American naval base. It succeeded in demolishing hundreds of airplanes and a couple of America 's large battleships in just two hours. The sudden strike allowed no preparation, assassinating approximately 2,403 people and injuring 1,143. Most Americans asked about the justification of this attack would claim that it was uncalled for and the Americans were bombed while doing nothing and minding their own business. Others have challenged this idea and researched the possible causes and wondered, “What exactly was the causation of the Attack on Pearl Harbour?” Although not many of the American citizens know, Industrialization and America’s …show more content…
The sudden attack led Americans and Canadians to lose faith in the Japanese, including those who had lived in North America for nearly all, if not entire lives. They began to suspect Japanese as spies undercover to aid in the next attack. In fear of the safety of their home country, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police took action, shutting down Japanese newspapers and schools, and impounding all of their fishing boats. The Japanese lost all their possessions and were forced to live in Japanese internment camps all over Canada, separated from their families. The camps received minimal funding through the selling of property and possessions by the government at a fraction of its actual worth. Men deemed healthy and strong were transported to farms and industries to work. Near the end of World War II, the Japanese were given the choice to either moving to the east of the rockies or going back to Japan. Most of them decided to be exiled and so the Japanese culture in Canada became more scarce. With this, the Canadians and Americans lacked faith in the Japanese even after the internment camps were shut down until the year 1949 when they remaining Japanese citizens were granted full citizenship rights again and the ability to move back to the West …show more content…
The attack caused the loss of approximately 418,500 lives through the participation of America in World War II. They lost three ships but were able to salvage many of the sunken ships. The military took this opportunity to revise and upgrade the recovered ships to include more useful turreted dual purpose guns instead of anti-surface guns, in the end contributed to the victory of the war. Before the attack, the USA was split into the isolationists and the interventionists. The isolationists desired not getting involved and the interventionalists believed in intervening with other nations. Debates on which method would be the most successful in developing their home country and maintaining its power were often had between the two groups but when the congress was deciding whether to declare war, the influence of the strike led the two groups to join together with only one member opposing the declaration to enter the war against