by Mark LoProto | Oct 17, 2018 | Allied Forces, Japanese Leaders, U.S. Leaders, U.S. Leaders, World War II
September 2, 1945. More than two weeks had passed since the Japanese laid down their arms and declared they would no longer fight the Allies in the Pacific. The United States and the other Allies organized a ceremony in which Japanese representatives would sign an...
by Mark LoProto | Nov 27, 2017 | Attack of Pearl Harbor, Before The Attack, Japanese Leaders, U.S. Leaders
On December 7th, the United States will once again commemorate the anniversary of the tragic attack on the Pearl Harbor naval base. Seventy-six years ago, the nation experienced a terrifying day when a fleet of Japanese fighters and bombers flew into Oahu airspace....
by Mark LoProto | Oct 9, 2017 | Attack of Pearl Harbor, Japanese Leaders, Pearl Harbor Heroes, U.S. Leaders
Any event that looms as large in the timeline of American history as the attack on Pearl Harbor is bound to leave a number of names and details that define it. From the types of armament used by Japan’s assaulting forces to the American ships targeted and damaged...
by Kira Freed | Sep 22, 2017
Franklin D. Roosevelt was President of the United States when Pearl Harbor was attacked. The next day, he asked Congress to declare war on Japan. In his speech, Roosevelt mentioned the date of the attack—December 7, 1941—and called it “a date which will live in...
by Mark LoProto | Sep 19, 2017 | Attack of Pearl Harbor, Imperial Japanese Navy, U.S. Leaders
When you have an enemy committed to goals that go against everything you you stand for, one of the worst things you can do is underestimate just how dedicated they may be to their cause. That Japan wanted to take over territories throughout East Asia and the Pacific...
by Mark LoProto | Sep 5, 2017 | History, U.S. Leaders
Throughout the 1930s, the United States and Japan were locked in a stalemate over the latter’s desire to rule vast territories in Asia and the Pacific. Realizing what it would mean if Japan gained control over these territories, the United States opted to step up and...