The United States and Japan Before, During, and After World War Two

Introduction

Pearl harbor would be the start of America’s conflict with the Pacific. Japan sprang a surprise attack on the United States Pacific navy fleet at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii on December 7, 1941. The attack greatly damaged the American fleet and distracted them from, at least for a bit, interfering with Japanese military plans. Shortly after the devastating attack the United States declared war on Japan. Back at home the United States would soon imprison over 100,000 people of Japanese ancestry during the war. The United States saw their crime as being Japanese of Japanese-American. Despite no specific evidence, Japanese Americans were assumed to be still loyal to their people from their home land. Paranoia amplified because of a largely dense Japanese population on the West Coast. Americans thought if the war would come to America the Japanese that were in America would turn against the United States so they feared this group as a security risk. Two years after the beginning of America’s involvement in the Pacific American would finally reach a turning point. This turning point would be the battle at Guadalcanal were the U.S would have a triumphed defeat of the Japanese in February 1943. The Japanese were then on the defensive for the rest of the war as the United States begin setting up strategic bases around the southwest pacific. By the end of 1944, America was close to Japan and would soon bring devastation to Japan with the first atomic bombs that would hit Hiroshima and Nagasaki. 

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