WWII and why did American enter iit?

Question

what event(s) lead America to enter WWII. and please something else other than just pearl harbor crap.

Answer 1

I heard, but I have not researched this, that Germany was becoming so dominant in its trade that it threatened trade wtih the US and other countries.


.......then again, there's also the "Pearl Harbor Crap", as you so put it.

Answer 2

The word 'enter' is misleading. Although the US was not officially involved in combat until after Pearl Harbor, there were many volunteer bomber and fighter pilots in the Royal Airforce from the United States. Also, under the Lend-Lease act, congress found a way to supply war materiel to the Allies without being 'officially' engaged in the war.
And you can call it crap but having about the entire Pacific fleet sunk in one attack would be adequate reason for the US to start fighting back. If they didn't they knew that Japan would have free reign to attack Australia. More so, What the US didn't need was for Japan to finish in China and attack Russia from the other side. That would have been the end for all of us.
And, as has been often commented, Hitler was livid when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor. On some level, he knew that the US would have to declare war on Germany at the same time as Japan, and that the war was lost.

Answer 3

We were basically into it before Pearl Harbor by shipping supplies and materials to Britain on the Lend Lease program. The US was not prepared to go into WWII, like in WWI, the US had a small standing army and was basically isolationist - except for the help to Britain.

At the time of Pearl Harbor, the Japanese declared war upon us and Hitler did it basically at the same time

Answer 4

Though determined to maintain its neutrality, the United States was gradually drawn closer to the war by the force of events. To save Britain from collapse the Congress voted lend-lease aid early in 1941. In Aug., 1941, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt met Churchill on the high seas, and together they formulated the Atlantic Charter as a general statement of democratic aims. To establish bases to protect its shipping from attacks by German submarines, the United States occupied (Apr., 1941) Greenland and later shared in the occupation of Iceland; despite repeated warnings, the attacks continued. Relations with Germany became increasingly strained, and the aggressive acts of Japan in China, Indochina, and Thailand provoked protests from the United States.

Efforts to reach a peaceful settlement were ended on Dec. 7, 1941, when Japan without warning attacked Pearl Harbor, the Philippines, and Malaya. War was declared (Dec. 8) on Japan by the United States, the Commonwealth of Nations (except Ireland), and the Netherlands. Within a few days Germany and Italy declared war on the United States.

Answer 5

There are a number of reasons, it depends on whose perspective you wish to listen to. In school the official reason was that Pearl Harbor was attacked, and thus war was forced upon us. However, wars are pretty much always about economic forces, how the wealth will be distributed, and the other reasons and historical occurrences are used by the people in office to motivate and make war palatable to the voters and those who will be conscripted to fight.

Answer 6

Japan decided to attack Pearl Harbor. so the united states wanted there revenge, and they joined the world war.

Answer 7

to protect its overseas investments.

Answer 8

ECONOMICS!!!