This week I chose the most recent article I could find related to my topic to summarize in this blog. I found this article on the New York Times web site and it was published on October 31, 2008, and the title is “Japan Fires General Who Said a U.S. ‘Trap’ Led to the Pearl Harbor Attack.”
In summary, the Japanese author tells of the termination of the Chief of Staff of Japan’s air force, General Toshio Tamogami, for making public his views of the Japanese military during World War II. General Tomogami wrote an essay for a writing contest sponsored by a real estate company, which was posted on their website. While he won $30,000 for winning the essay contest, he lost his high-ranking position in the Japanese military.
General Tomogami wrote in his essay that he believed that the United States President, Franklin Roosevelt, intentionally set a trap to force the Japanese to make the first move against America. He made other statements that “denied Japan had invaded China and the Korean Peninsula,” and “justified Japanese colonialism.” These comments especially angered Asian countries who were invaded by Japan.
Japan has recently begun expressing regret over these actions during World War II and did not appreciate being contradicted by one of their top officials in a public manner.
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This is an interesting and current article-- good work. It would have been better to also include the author, and for the final paragraph to comment on how this information influences your thoughts or knowledge on your topic.
"intentionally set a trap to force the Japanese to make the first move against America"'
i have heard this before, supposedly we knew they were going to invade, yet took no protective action so we could incite a war with unanimous support.
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