Japan in WW2
The Japanese were a member of the Axis forces and the primary belligerent in the Pacific Theater of war.
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Reasons for the bombing of Pearl Harbor: Pearl Harbor was bombed by the Japanese for several reasons. 1. When the Japanese...
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Here are summaries of opinions from FAQ Farmers on the moral or immoral nature of the decision to bomb Japan with nuclear...
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Hitler and Mussolini were the leaders of Germany and Italy respectively. Fighting against them was Franklin D. Roosevelt of...
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1) The Wall Street Crash. It crippled the USA's economy and therefore they starting importing less. Japan also struggled without...
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Emperor Hirohito, born in 1901, & came to power in 1926.Emperor Hirohito was the emperor during World War II. Some...
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Hiroshima and Nagasaki.The United States dropped two atomic bombs on cities in Japan, leading to a Japanese surrender in World...
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Japan wanted to expand from Manchuria to Indochina and all the East Indies to control all East Asia. The U.S. set a trade embargo...
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The plan was to knock out the US Pacific Fleet as a significant fighting force, so their would be no opposition to Japan's...
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Japan was trying to become the dominant, imperial power in East Asia and the Pacific. They had invaded China in 1933 and were...
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The cause of the Japanese starting the war in the pacific has many causes. Firstly, Japan was an aristocrat country, meaning that...
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He should have been, and he was certainly the biggest Axis war criminal unhung. But getting to keep their Emperor was the one...
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Bushido:It means "way of the warrior" ancient Japanese followed this and they still do today it's their respect for the ways of a...
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The B29 bomber 'Bockscar' piloted by Frederick C. Bock dropped the second atomic bomb named 'Fat Man' upon the Japanese city of...
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Hari kari, also known as sepuku, is an ancient form of ritual suicide that defeated samurai, or those whose shame was 'too...
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One of Japan's historical people was Tojo. Tojo was the leader of the military. Also at the time Hirohito ruled Japan during...
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ip man dies
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Hide was found hanging from his bathroom door with a towel around his neck. They said it was suicide. Like the answer before...
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It really depends on the terrain surrounding the blast and the altitude of the blast. EMP would be negligible, as those effects...
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Before the war, Germany, Italy and Japan had formed a pact opposing the Communist International, which was Stalin's tool to...
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His power is to move really fast. if you see him pass through an object, that is because his body is vibrating so fast that he...
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Supposedly to demoralize the populace into changing their government and sue for peace .
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Basically French North Africa was controlled by Vichy a German puppet. A lot of fighting took place in Italian North Africa and...
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sorryThis answer means nothing to me - please get writers to write 'grammar' and then we can all understand the answer... I glean...
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Yes. No it wasn't completely. The Japanese have a "Japan Ground Self Defense Force" now with 160,000 soldiers which is meant...
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Harry S. Truman
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AnswerJapans are also dumb so they would not understand what we try to help them do even when were speaking their langue...
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Yes it invaded and occupied a part of the Aleutian Islands (Attu, Agattu and Kiska) during WWII between June of 1942 and August...
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Cupcake is written in Japanese as カップケーキ.
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"Island Hopping"
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An aperitif is a before dinner drink. Sake is rice wine from Japan. Sake does, however, make an excellent aperitif.
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Prisoner of war, usually said as POW camp.
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Japan entered WWII in order to gain control over East Asia and the Pacific. Before WWII, in the 30's, Japan had already invaded...
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Japan being the victim of nuclear armament ( Hiroshima and Nagasahi) does not possess nuclear weapons nor does it support its...
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Germany lost the tritories they had won, japan lost control of Korea and frenchindo china, and Hungary - Lost land to Romania....
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Chimei-teki na chikara
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Two nuclear weapons were used -- the Little Boy, a gun-type uranium-fueled nuclear weapon that was deployed against Hiroshima on...
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The Allies, they delcared war on Germany on the 10 September 1939
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The Korean War is not really going on. The problem is that the U.S. and Japan seem to be allies with South Korea since the Korean...
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I'm sorry Rajput fans, but Samurai wins hands down. If you don't know what a Rajput is, it is the ninja from India and a great...
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They went around Asia and the Pacific just conquering any land they wanted, and when they felt China was too small for them, they...
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The bomb contained about 64 kg of uranium. Of this amount, probably less than a kilogram actually underwent fission, and the...
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no, they cannot. Twinkies are made from dairy, and dairy eventually expires. they are also made from matter, that can easily be...
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1,555,308 from 1941-45 in the Pacific War. Against US - 485,717 Against UK/Netherlands - 208,026 In China - 202,958 ...
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私はそんなに逃がす (watashi ha sonna ni nogasu) means "I let that go" in Japanese.
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AnswerMidway, being, has never held much strategic importance to anyone. It happened in 1942 to be where some hundreds of US...
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Yes men and women worked in factories
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Hard fact are needed to explain the situation that these nuclear devices have created. I recommend The Idealist website on this...
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The Japanese stratagy of WW2 was to win a quick victory over the only power that could stop them from complete control of the...
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At the time Japan was dependent on the U.S. for their oil supplies (there was no OPEC yet). Japan's military operations in China...
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By far the most positive thing for Japan as a result of WWII was the destruction of her form of government present before the...
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The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor was not a war crime but rather an act of conventional warfare. See dictionary definition of...
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They didn't, they lost it to the invading US Marines.
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Thousands of sailors were on each of the four carriers they lost, and most of them died. And in addition to losing the men on...
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Gilgamesh was in Humbaba's trance, so Enkidu made the guardian fall. Gilgamesh kills Humbaba with an axe, using it to chop off...
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Any explosion on the ground makes a mushroom cloud, even small grenades. This is because of the physics of the explosion. The...
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Japan was virtually impossible to invade by land because it was a heavily defended island country. The only way to invade it...
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Yes, although it went against the wishes of many people who belived in honor, they officialy surrendered on September 2, 1945. ...
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yes everyone wanted a stronger bomb so they could threaten their enemies.
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AnswerUnited States forces were scheduled to invade the mainland of Japan at its southernmost island -- Kyushu. (The invasion...
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There are usually war memorabilia dealers at local gun and knife shows. Most dealers will give an informal appraisal. If a...
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I got you the link where you could see the change posted in the related links box below.
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AnswerThe economy was not very good. People had food shortages and spent their 300 yen that they got a month on very basic food....
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no it got it from its ally Romania in their oil fields
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Jeremy crossly no more singing The pros of dropping the bomb were that the Americans could end the war with as little US...
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Answerthe atomic cloud over hiroshima went up to 70,000 ft. in a half hour. the cloud could be seen from 150 to 200 miles away....
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That sounds to me like a homework question for which you are supposed to do research to find the answer. The short answer is that...
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Japan wanted a sphere of influence in Asia,and wanted to show the European powers that had colonies there (British, Dutch,...
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Japan wanted to take over Asia and claim the world Answer Japan was angry because after World War one they received little...
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This is a great question and just to give a contrary answer, why do you think that we know more now than harry trueman new back...
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The Western countries possessed the colonies that possessed the resources that Japan coveted. Further, many of the colonies were...
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Most camps were very hard to live in. People had small houses that could have anywhere from 1 to 3 families living in them. Most...
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Well first it can but in Japan WW2 it wasn't nuclear it was atomic and yes atomic bombs can but it was set on a timer.
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The value of the 3 original extras from the Honolulu Star published December 7, 1941 are $3800.00usd each as of 2004.
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Japans purpose in attacking Pear Harbor was to destroy tyhe US Pacific fleet, especially the US aircraft carriers. Japan intended...
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Japan acually started fighting before Germany did. They started in 1937 when they invaded China, but at that stage the war in the...
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Yes there were. When the French fought the VietMinh in the 50's there were accounts of a Vietminh soldier who was captured...
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There were a very large number of drawbacks and perils in the Pearl Harbor attack for Japan. So many, in fact, that the only...
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90,000-166,000 killed in Hiroshima 60,000-80,000 killed in Nagasaki
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The Chinese estimate that they lost about 15-20 million dead in World War 2. Most of them were civilians, not all deaths directly...
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AnswerEarly in the war I believe the Japanese bombed Darwin with carrier aircraft. Did more to scare the locals than actual...
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during the ww2 Japanese people didnt live very good...police went in there home to get gold,siver,and metal to make...
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I'm not sure if 'kyu' has any real meaning, but 'nya' is the Japanese equivalent of 'meow'. If it was a kid who said it, probably...
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AnswerThe Enola Gay an American plane dropped two Atomic Bombs the first one on the 6th of August on Hiroshima, then the second...
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It was Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto Japan's greatest navel stratagist
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The United States, along with England and The U.S.S.R., was helping the Chinese. Japan had entered into war with the Chinese...
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Torpedoes are the main armament. older Diesel submarines had deck guns for surface defense and anti-aircraft, but the modern ones...
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" I have never ever seen an invasion this severe maybe its the day where I will take my last breath, maybe its the day il get...
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Destroyed? None of it, but 2 parts of Japan were blasted by atomic bombs. The cities blasted were Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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