Before the Second World War most people in the United States or anywhere else in the world for that matter didn’t know a lot about Japan and its culture. In the years after World War II that changed dramatically. One of the most famous Japanese phrases that is used in popular culture is the Banzai

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The USS Arizona was commissioned on October 17th, 1916 and was sunk on December 7th, 1941 during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The fatal blow to the ship came from a 1,760 pound bomb that was able to pierce the armor of the battleship. Today, the USS Arizona Memorial lies overtop of the wreck

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The USS Arizona (BB 39), was a United States Navy battleship originally built in the mid-1910’s. The ship was a Pennsylvania class battleship and was the second and last of its kind. Commissioned in 1916, the ship would remain in the United States during World War 1, but would escort President Woodrow Wilson to the

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Pearl Harbor Day occurs on December 7th every year and is a time to remember one of the most significant events that occurred in U.S. and World History, the Japanese surprise attack on Hawaii. On December 7th, 1941, the Japanese launched two waves of aircraft striking American forces based in / around Pearl Harbor in

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The USS North Carolina (BB-55) was the first of the North Carolina class of battleships in the United States Navy. The ship was the fourth to be named in honor of the U.S. state of North Carolina and was the first newly constructed battleship to see service during WW 2. North Carolina took part in

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The HMS Cameron (I 05), was an ex- United States Destroyer (Ex USS Welles DD 257). It was laid down on November 13th, 1918 and launched on May 8th, 1919 and was a Type A and part of the Belmont Class Destroyer. The ship was later commission on September 2nd, 1919 and later held in

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President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s speech or address to the United States Congress on December 8th, 1941 after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor has become known as the Day of Infamy Speech. Delivered at 12:30 PM EST on December 8th to a Joint Session of the U.S. Congress, the President’s speech was a precursor to the

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The Anti-Comintern Pact was signed between Germany and Japan on November 25th, 1936 and was focused against the Communist International or Comintern. The pact agreed that in the event of an attack by the Soviet Union against Japan or Germany, the two countries would consult each other on what the appropriate measures would be to

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The Hull Note, or the Outline of Proposed Basis for Agreement Between the United States and Japan as the communication is more formally known, was the last proposal that the United States delivered to japan prior to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The note was an effort to avoid hostilities between the two nations,

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Benito Mussolini was born in Dovia di Predappio on July 29 1883. Mussolini’s father was a blacksmith and his mother was a Catholic schoolteacher. The Mussolini household was poor, something that Mussolini would use and exaggerate later on in life for sympathy. In his early years he was often considered a wild and uncontrollable child,

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The Battle of Cape St. George occurred on November 25th, 1943 between the United States and Japan. The battle took place between New Ireland, Cape St. George, and Buka Island. The surface action that took place on November 25th would be the final engagement between the Allies and Imperial Navy in the Solomon Islands Campaign

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