What Japanese island has U.S. military bases occupying one-fifth of its total land area?
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Okinawa is the right answer
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There is no doubt that the interment of Japanese during World War II is not a stellar event in the rights of individuals.  It should be kept in mind that such government instigated intrusive acts had happened here many times in prior years.  \n\nIt should also be understood that this happened over a period of time (mostly during War Time) and was not supported by all Americans.  A short summary of events, as they occurred, might help to understand how this all came about.\n\n1939\nLists of "dangerous" enemy aliens and citizens began to be compiled in various government departments, such as the FBI, special intelligence agencies of the Justice Department, the Office of Naval Intelligence, and the army's Military Intelligence Division.8 \n1940\nThe census found 126,947 Japanese Americans; 62.7% were citizens by birth. In addition, 157,905 were in the Territory of Hawaii, and 263 in the Territory of Alaska.2 \nSummer, 1941\nThe Hawaiian National Guard (made up largely of Nisei) was federalized and later became the 100th Infantry Battalion and 442nd Regimental Combat Team.1 \nNovember 1, 1941\nThe Japanese Language School at the Presidio of San Francisco was formed. In the first class were 45 Nisei and Kibei and 15 others. It was moved to Camp Savage, Minnesota, renamed the Military Intelligence Service Language School (MISLS) and later moved to Fort Snelling, Minnesota.1 \nNovember 7, 1941\nCurtis Munson issued his report on the Japanese Americans living on the coast.12 \nNovember 26, 1941\nGrace Tully (Roosevelt's secretary) told Henry Field (anthropologist and aide to Roosevelt) that the President was ordering him to produce, in the shortest time possible, the full names and addresses of each American-born and foreign-born Japanese listed by locality within each state. She told him to use the 1930 and 1940 census.13 \nDecember 7, 1941\nJapan bombed Pearl Harbor.\nA blanket presidential warrant authorized U.S. Attorney General Francis Biddle to have the FBI arrest a predetermined number of "dangerous enemy aliens," including German, Italian, and Japanese nationals. 737 Japanese Americans arrested by the end of the day.2 \n\nDecember 8, 1941\nU.S. entered World War II. \nDecember 11, 1941\nFBI detained 1370 Japanese Americans classified as "dangerous enemy aliens."2 \nDecember 22, 1941\nThe Agriculture Committee of the L.A. Chamber of Commerce recommended that all Japanese nationals be put under "absolute Federal control."2 \nDecember 29, 1941\nAll enemy aliens in California, Oregon, Washington, Montana, Idaho, Utah, and Nevada were ordered to surrender contraband.2 \nJanuary 5, 1942\nJapanese American selective service registrants classified as enemy aliens (IV-C). Many Japanese American soldiers discharged or assigned to menial labor such as "kitchen police."2 \nJanuary 6, 1942\n"I do not believe that we could be any too strict in our consideration of the Japanese in the face of the treacherous way in which they do things," wrote Leland Ford, L.A. Congressman, in a telegram to Secretary of State Cordell Hull, asking that all Japanese Americans be removed from the West Coast.2 \nJanuary 28, 1942\nThe California State Personnel Board voted to bar all "descendants of natives with whom the United States [is] at war" from all civil service positions. This was only enforced against Japanese Americans.2\nJanuary 29, 1942\nAttorney General Francis Biddle began the establishment of prohibited zones forbidden to all enemy aliens. German, Italian, and Japanese aliens were ordered to leave San Francisco waterfront areas.2 \nJanuary 30, 1942\n"Unless something is done it may bring about a repetition of Pearl Harbor," said Earl Warren, California Attorney General, calling Japanese Californians the "Achilles heel of the entire civilian defense effort."2 \nFebruary 4, 1942\nThe U.S. Army established 12 "restricted areas" in which enemy a
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go to\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan
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A couple others - Castle Air Force Base (Atwater, CA) March Air Force Base (has been switched to an Air Reserve Base) Mare Island Naval Facility...hmm...Long Beach Naval Shipyard (I think).
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well 2 bombs have already been dropped on Japan, but i assume you mean why where the sites chosen. Well the USA wanted to force Japan out of the war so sites that were of economic importantce to Japan was chooosen
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Japan was in a land war with China and needed oil from Malaysia and the Americans threatened to block them. They thought if they took out the American naval fleet they would have complete control of the Far East. They not only attacked Hawaii, they also attacked and invaded the Philippines along with many other British and American outposts. Bottom line: It was about the oil.
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No, Japan's military was basically defeated by the time the A-bombs were dropped. American bombers could fly over Japan almost completely unmolested, and the Japanese only contolled their home islands (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu).\n\nJapan had absolutely no ability at that point to go on an offensive. But what they did have was the willingness to fight to the death to defend their homeland, and the military government refused to surrender because of their Samurai "honor". So any conventional invasion would have had a huge cost in terms of casualties (I think US war planners estimated greater than 2 million total, but I'm not sure). The A-Bomb was dropped to force the Japanese into surrender without the bloody land war.
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The USS Arizona Memorial, located at Pearl Harbor, Hawai'i, marks the resting place of 1,102 of the 1,177 sailors killed on the USS Arizona during the Attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941 by Japanese imperial forces and also the events of this day. The attack on Pearl Harbor was the action that forced United States involvement in World War II.
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Part of the western Pacific Ocean.\n\nReaching from Japan to the southern end of the Malay Peninsula, it is divided by the island of Taiwan into two sections. The northern section is the East China Sea, or Eastern Sea, which covers an area of some 290,000 sq mi (751,100 sq km), has a maximum depth of 8,912 ft (2,717 m), and is enclosed by eastern China, South Korea, the Japanese island of Kyushu, the Ryukyu Islands, and Taiwan. The southern section is the South China Sea, often called simply the China Sea, which covers an area of 1,423,000 sq mi (3,685,000 sq km), has a maximum depth of about 16,000 ft (5,000 m), and is enclosed by southeastern China, Taiwan, the Philippines, Borneo, and mainland Southeast Asia.
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Japan is a democracy.
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This is from memory so it's probably not complete, sorry.\nEngland, Spain, Barbary Coast States, Germany, Austria Hungary, Italy, Japan, North Viet Nam, Iraq.\n\nNorth Korea (US was part of UN forces).
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Iwo Jima is significant because of WWII's Battle Of Iwo Jima. The island was of value to the U.S. from a strategic standpoint. They were already taking over a good portion of the Pacific theater, and Iwo Jima was a step closer to the main islands of Japan. In Imperial Japan's eyes, the loss of the island signaled that their defeat was close at hand.
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Guantanamo Bay has been a U.S. Naval base on the island of Cuba since the Spanish American War, over 100 years ago. It is U.S. Territory. It is on the island of Cuba, not in the country of Cuba.
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Japan renounced the territorial sovereignty of Taiwan in the peace treaty, but no recipient was designated. According to authoritative research on international treaty law and the laws of war, under such circumstances the title to Taiwan territory escheats to "the conqueror," which in the post-Napoleonic period is "the principal occupying power."  Article 23 of the peace treaty confirms that the United States is the principal occupying power.
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February 9, 1943 - During World War II in the Pacific, U.S. troops captured Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands after six months of battle, with 9,000 Japanese and 2,000 Americans killed.
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Where in Japan exactly?\n\nThere's an SDA Church in Okinawa.
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Study your history, not the media...  One factor which helped make the decision to use the Atomic (not nuclear) bomb was the Invasion of Okinawa in April 1945.  Okinawa was the first island in the chain of islands leading to the mainland Japan.  12,000 US troops were killed and 36,000 US troops were wounded.  Using this model it was estimated that an invasion of the mainland would have cost 1 million US casualties...