Pearl Harbor And Why It Was Significant In World War Two

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The subject that was chosen to write about was Pearl Harbor and why it was so significant in world war 2. Pearl Harbour was significant because it brought America into World War 2, virtually all Japanese Americans were forced to leave their homes and property and live in camps for most of the war, and the use of atomic bombs at Nagasaki and Hiroshima The first reason that Pearl Harbour is significant is because of the way president Franklin Delano Roosevelt reacted to the bombings. President Roosevelt was outraged by the Japanese attack. In response to the surprise attack on Pearl Harbour, President Roosevelt declared war on japan. This is important because America became fully immersed in World War 2 and led the world in arms production, creating more than enough supplies for the militaries around the world. www.nationalww2museum.org …show more content…

As a result 127,000 Japanese Americans were forcefully taken from their homes and put in concentration camps for the duration of world war 2. The Japanese Americans were in shock, fear and worry as they had to deal with the stress of enforced dislocation and the abandonment of their own homes, properties and businesses, the children also had to deal with loss of friends and the life they knew had to be left behind, their belongings were stolen and they were under monetization all the time by guards. These camps were important because it meant no spies or sabotars could talk back to the Japanese government and give them information about

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