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In an odd way, the attack on Pearl Harbor actually improved the US military's capability to fight wars on the sea. Many of the ships docked at Pearl Harbor were from the World War I era. They were slow, hard to maintain and poorly equipped. The near total destruction of the fleet mea...
battleships at Pearl Harbor: The U.S. battleships West Virginia and Tennessee (both pictured above) were heavily damaged during the attack on Pearl Harbor. Seven torpedoes and two bombs struck the West Virginia, and two bombs hit the Tennessee. (Both ships were repaired and saw action before ...
Many people remember the aircraft carriers of World War II, a war in which big ships played an important role. The Japanese attacked the US Navy at Pearl Harbor (珍珠港) in 1941 by surprise with the help of an aircraft carrier. The Japanese also lost the Battle of Midway (中途岛之战) ...
Even before Alan Greenspan’s admission that America’s red-hot economy is cooling, lots of working folks had already seen signs of the slowdown themselves. From car dealerships to Gap outlets, sales have been lagging for months as shoppers temper their spending. For retailers, who last year ...
If 22 soldiers a day were dying in firefights with an enemy somewhere, we would start a war to stop the dying. Planes, ships, tanks, drones, battalions, the works. No holds barred, full bipartisan support. We’d send the following warning: “Get low, get out, or get blown up” bec...
After the attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941, many Americans were deployed to fight in World War II or called upon to help build weapons and support the war effort back home. Because of this and the WPA, unemployment was close to 0%. In December 1942, Roosevelt called for an end ...
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The Japanese sank American ships in Pearl Harbor Sink Pass into a specified state or condition; He sank into Nirvana Sink Go under, The raft sank and its occupants drowned Sink Descend into or as if into some soft substance or place; He sank into bed She subsided into the chair Sink Appe...
growing nervous about an influx of job seekers. That year theRichmond Independentissued an editorial warning: “The man who thinks he will get a job building ships because he built a woodshed somewhere is doomed to disappointment.” Then the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, the headlines screamedWAR...