Sunday, March 7, 2010
A Day that Will Live in Infamy...
President Franklin D. Roosevelt announced to the nation on December 7. 1941 that entry into World War II could no longer be ignored by the American people. Although Japanese imperialism and German escalating aggressions had been going on for years before this attack, America continued to evoke it's neutrality. Could the attack on Pearl Habor have been prevented? Why was Pearl Harbor an important turning point in World War II?
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Take note that Japan's expansion efforts started with Manchuria in 1933.
ReplyDeleteMonths before the attack on Pearl Harbor, Japan's prime minister had extended an invitation to Roosevelt to meet in order to try resolving the rifts that lay between the countries. Roosevelt's advisors persuaded him to not attend the meeting--he listened to them. By not attending a meeting with Japan's leader regarding future relations between the two countries, Roosevelt did not provoke war, but he lost a chance to end it before it happened.
ReplyDeletePearl Harbor was an important turning point in World War II for various reasons, but first and foremost, it kicked the door wide open for the most powerful industrial nation in the world to step into the war. America was fresh, they had strength in numbers and advanced military equipment.
With America now in the fight, the Allies were now stronger than ever.
Strength in numbers, i.e. the million soldiers who were part of the selective service under Roosevelt. Good Point, knucklehead 21.
ReplyDeleteIt all started with Pearl Harbor being bombed on Dec. 7, 1941. Japan had out flocked the defensive patriotism and Japan also bombs
ReplyDeleteManilla. President Roosevelt had many kinds of advisors who convinced him to not attend the meeting and he did listen at this point. So this ended up with Roosevelt not going to meet Japans leader and he couldn't provoke war and suddenly lost a chance before this special event had ended.
Pearl Harbor was an important turning
point in World War II because it gave the nation
in the world lots of powers to be part of the
war and to also help out. When America decides
to fight, the Allies became more powerful.
Amy Dai:)
( period 6)
Japan was trying to take over land and president Roosevelt noticed. President Roosevelt reaction to Japan's attacks on countries in Asia was to increase military spending so if Japan attacked the United states we would be prepared. Japan later bombed Pearl Harbor and United States was forced out of Neutrality.
ReplyDeleteJordan Sato
Pearl harbor was a huge turning point in the war for the united states and japan. The only way to stop the japanese was to create a loss for the japanese. OBAMA is cool. Good day.
ReplyDeleteRadric Davis (Gucci Mane)
According to many sources, the government may have known all along that Pearl Harbor was going to occur. The U.S. was watching the Pacific with both eyes at all times. Nothing slipped through our fingers. And if this is in fact true, then the government should not have let Pearl Harbor happen in the first place. Some believe that they didn't do anything about it because FDR wanted to join the war effort to battle Hilter, but knew Americans would never agree.
ReplyDeleteBut on the other hand, if the government DIDN'T know about the Hawaii Operation, then I STILL think it could have been prevented. Japan took over countries left and right but they recieved no consequences. Our focus as a nation was towards Germany at the time. It was still our responsibility as world police power to prevent tradegies like this. Yes America was trying to remain neutral, but remaining so did more damage to the world around us in the end.
No I don't think that the attack on Pearl Harbor could have been avoided without having the Japanese take over the united states and continue taking over the eastern European countries. The attack on Pearl Harbor was a turning point in WWII because so far the only thing that the U.S was doing was telling the Japanese to return the other countries to their original predecessors, until December 7, 1941. After the Japanese had made an attack on the Unites States then The fight truly began.
ReplyDeleteDaniel Austin
(Per. 6)
Is it better to be aggressive at the moment or wait to see how a situation will progress?
ReplyDeleteYes, the USS Ward sunk a Japanese midget sub trying to enter port at 6:45am. Naval command disregarded the warning, and the aerial attack started at 8am. Also FDR sent a warning to be on the look out for an attack which was imminent.
ReplyDeletePearl Harbor was an important turning point because it took America into the war, and America with its huge population in the 1940's gave a lot more men to the allies, which in the end helped the allies win the war.
J. Payne :)$
Pearl Harbor was the turning point in war because they showed that they were not going to messed with. We had to stop them from spreading imperialism throughout the U.S; so we fought back. This helped the U.S out of neutrality. I dont think that the attack on Pearl harbor was able to be stopped because no matter what, the japanese wanted to show that they were strong. I think its better to be aggressive at the moment, so you wont be able to be pushed back, and limited to certain things.
ReplyDeletejustin from 5th
Pearl Harbor was important because it eliminated Americas neatrality in the war because Japan had crossed the line. This could not have been prevented because Japan was already beginig to expand into Indochina. If were were to remain nuetral we would have been overpowered by Japan because they were rapidly begining to industrialize and theexpansion throughout Asia would have made it more difficut for the U.S to fight back.
ReplyDeleteP.S President Rosevelt declared war on Japan December 8, 1941
-JESSICA!!
Hi class, I missed you today! How difficult is it for America to fight a way on two fronts? Should President Roosevelt make the decision to attack Europe or Asia first?
ReplyDeleteTo Nichole (per.6) let's make the blog academic, no colloquialisms:)!
it was hard for america to fight on two fronts because it was expensive, and more soldiers were needed, and it created twice as much work for the president.
ReplyDeletefdr did the right thing attacking both asia and europe because the U.S. needed to show japan that the us was also a force to be recond with, and that japan needed to stop its bs, and if fdr didnt also go to war with germany, germany probably would have attacked the us like japan did to pearl harbor, only worse because germany was far more advanced and had more resources that japan did.
zach harris per. 5
I think that the attck could not have been prevented. No matter what what we would end up fighting against japan. Plus the u.s. gave them a chance to stop and they didn't so it was all japan's fault. America had to end up stepping up their game and defending themselves. in other words it was the last straw! haha.
ReplyDeleteoh and the seating arrangement is actually kinda nice. kase and shiloh plus ME equals bestest group everrrr....!!!lol:D
Pearl Harbor was the main reason why America joined the World War II. Japan bombing the Navy base created the start of a very ugly war. America came out of their neutral zone and joined the Allies on trying to end the war. I don't think that the Pearl Harbor attack could have been stopped. Japan probably attacked America because they wanted America to join the war, just like they did for World War I. Japan thought to themselves that they were the best and to be the best, they had to fight with the best. America was known as the best to Japan.
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ReplyDeleteCan the American public fight against the Japanese and still hold on to it's value of democracy and equality as it pertains to Japanese Americans?
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No. Pearl Harbor would most likely not have been prevented with the way America was acting. Being neutral during the time of a world war would eventually get you attacked and Pearl Harbor could then come in different forms. It could maybe be postponed, a different location, or even from a different enemy. Either way, the inability of America to pick a side allowed it to be a easy target even though it wasn't exactly a well thought of plan.
ReplyDeleteThrough the events of Pearl Harbor, America turned its pent up aggression on Japan and went all out. It placed us in the war and we were prepared. FDR asked for a extreme amount of money and sent millions of men into battle. The constant assualt of the Americas forced Japan to surrender and allowed us to assist the Allies, and like in WWI we help turn the tide of war for victory.
Joshua Le, Period 05
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ReplyDeleteI don't think that America could have stayed neutral forever. I think that they would have eventually had to enter the war. The Japanese were looking to expand anywhere they could and America would have been taken over by them. I think that it was the right decision to enter into the war. America helped turn the tables over to the Allies so we could defeat Japan and Germany to win the war.
ReplyDeleteAmerica made the mistake of staying neutral for so long. America and allies should have defeated hitler and enemy leaders who motivated the war, cutting off country leaders and bringing the world to peace before Hitler had a chance to ruin and negativly impact the world. Regardless America would have to get involved with the war for the support of allies as well as protecting themselves from threatning countries. Pearl Harbor could have been prevented if we would have stepped in earlier and planned for combat and chance of attacks. Pearl Harbor was a major event because it brought the people of America to their senses where they realized they needed to take action before even more lives where lost. Of coarse this is my only opinion.
ReplyDeleteTrevor McAndrew (7th period)
I dont think the attack on Pearl Harbor could have been prevented. We had no idea we were going to be bombed from the "suprise attack" from the Japanese. Once we located them on our radars, it was too late. Pearl Harbor was the turning point in WWDuece because i believe that it why we entered the war. Everything was going swell until Japan pushed us over, so we had to push them back. And we did that with the atom bomb in Hiroshima.
ReplyDeleteZiyad Shawwa:)
Ziyad, 'ww duece' that's not academic venacular, but it is funny! :)
ReplyDeleteI do believe that the attack could have been prevented only because the U.S is more technologically up to date that we have the inforcements to protect us. Also if we know that we have been attacked before then we should be paranoid that we will be 'beasted' on again. We should not let our guard down and we need to make a good first impression by coming off aggressive. This was an important turning point because it showed us that we need to be protected from all angles and it has also showed us how to deal with situations when we are caught off guard.
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where is the next blog???
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and i kinda like learning the ww2 thing its interesting.