HIST 221 Chapter Notes - Chapter reading: Lend-Lease, Japanese Americans, Infamy Speech
19 Oct 2018
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Remembering pearl harbour with japanese and american teachers by yujin yaguchi. December 8 is the symbolic date in which the attack on pearl harbour defined japan. The cause of the attack is explained by talking about external pressures such as the us oil embargo, the us decision to aid england with the lend lease act and the formation of the american- Pearl harbour is constantly invoked in the us as an icon. Only a small number of people knew that martial law was proclaimed in. Some people saw pearl harbour as the beginning of a long war with japan that ended when the japanese unconditionally surrendered but others saw it as the beginning of a transpacific war that ended with atomic bombs. The road to war between the us and japan was paved by irreconcilable worldviews by. The japanese surprise attack on the us at pearl harbour was a watershed event. A large question is if the war was preventable.
