How Did The US Involvement In World War II

When the World War II started in Europe, President Franklin Roosevelt realized that the war threatened the American security. Although most Americans desired to remain out of the conflict, Roosevelt declared that the United States, “would be the great arsenal of democracy.” (1) As he promised, the United States halted all trades between fascist states, while providing a large amount of supplies to those fighting against them. The US officially entered the war after Japan’s Pearl Harbor attack on December 7, 1941. Invading North African with British force, the US began its involvement in the European battlefield. The major military offensive of American troops in Europe was known as D-Day, “nearly 200,000 American, British, and Canadian soldiers under the command of General Dwight D. Eisenhower landed in Normandy in northwestern France,” forced German armies to retreat. (2) On the eastern front, The Soviet Union has paid a heavy price in defeating German armies, bringing a massive blow against Hitler’s plan. The US victory in Pacific was closely related with the country’s advanced technology and strong productive forces. “By 1943, US factories were churning out almost 100,000 planes a year, dwarfing the 70,000 Japan produced during the entire war.” (3) By limiting the range of movement of Japanese Navy, the US …show more content…
The Americans, they figured, wanted to speed the Japanese surrender in the hope of preempting Soviet gains in Asia.” (5) Indeed, after the defeat of Germany, it was a dead cert that Japan will surrender at some point. Dropping the atomic bomb was clearly unnecessary, but it could be beneficial for the US. Atomic bombs acted as a deterrent, threatened those countries who didn’t have them. The presence of nuclear weapons potentially made the United Sates a dominant world power after the World War