Why did the US go to world war II in 1941?
2006-10-10 19:41:51 · 12 answers · asked by kuzya 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
Because Japan bombed Pearl Harbor.
2006-10-10 19:43:33 · answer #1 · answered by catwomanmeeeeow 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An alternate view:
Ever wondered how the US managed to get all prepared for war in such a short notice upon attack at Pearl Harbour? (A military force of that size would take months to get prepared for a operation on that scale) Well, I believed that the US was already preparing for a war as it anticipated that the Axis powers would be attacking USA once it was done with the other powers. the attack on Pearl Harbour simply brought the war to american shores. With or without Pearl Harbour, the US was probably going into war anyway to defend itself, and its democracy.
2006-10-10 20:02:40 · answer #2 · answered by Peeps00 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The were a slew of things that people had wanted to go to have the US enter WWII with, but the one thing that made the president decide to declare war was Japan's bombing of Pearl Harbor. The funny thing was that the US never declared war against Germany or Italy...they declared it against the US as those two countries were allies with Japan.
2006-10-10 19:47:54 · answer #3 · answered by Rich 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Japan and Germany declared war on the united States. Japan attackd Pearl Harbor, and the United States did not receive the declaration until after the attack.
2006-10-10 19:54:32 · answer #4 · answered by Max 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
japan bombed us out of the blue at pearl harbor on dec. 7 1941. most Americans did not want to enter "Hitler's war" but when the japanese attacked us we declared war on them and then Hitler decleared war on us! we had to defend our selfs!
2006-10-10 19:51:35 · answer #5 · answered by Speak freely 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The most probable motivating factor was the bombing of Pearl Harbor in Hawaii by the Japanese.
In Europe, it was probably seen that after the fall of France, England was the single force keeping Hitler from conquering all of Europe.
2006-10-10 19:45:10 · answer #6 · answered by San Diego Art Nut 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Did You go to High school?
Did not japan drop bombs on us Dec.7 1941?
This had to come from a Dumd *** kid. Or a blonde.
2006-10-10 20:00:04 · answer #7 · answered by canivieu 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
US did not want to be involved in the war until Japan bombed pearl harbor.
2006-10-10 19:47:13 · answer #8 · answered by Mr.Moo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Japanese sneak attack on Pearl Harbor may have been a factor.
2006-10-10 19:49:48 · answer #9 · answered by Mad Roy 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because 1939 was inconveneint.
2006-10-10 19:51:54 · answer #10 · answered by uberkultur 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋