US Involvement In World War II

The World War II was the most important conflict known for mankind; it costs the lives of 60 million people (around 2% of the world population at the time), most of the victims were civilians. This conflict began on September 1st, 1939 in Europe, and officially ended on September 2, 1945. This war is sadly remembered for the suffering of millions of innocent people in many situations, like the concentration camps in Europe (against Jews, homosexual, slaves, and disabled people) that became killing fields where the Holocaust was held, the massive massacres of population and military perpetrated by Japanese forces in China, scientific experiments on humans by Nazi and Japanese doctors, the massive aerial bombardment in cities in Europe and Asia, and the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The Second World War brought a number of consequences in Europe, America, and Asia. These consequences made changes in aspects of the economy and society in U.S and other countries. Reparations and depression for the World War I increased resentment in Germany. Also, the collapse of debt pays of the last war, the decline in trade, the rise of economic nationalism, and the European disintegration in 1933. All this situations created the reason for Adolf Hitler to gain power and the start of Second World War. Hitler leads Germany with the National Socialist Party (Nazis). He promised to fix economic problems, bring Germany to deserved global glory, and purify German Race. Besides, he blames the Jewish people for Germany and world’s problems. In 1933, Germany withdrew from WWI peace initiatives. Hitler Violated the Treaty of Versailles, and he began a secret plan to conquer Europe. Germany annexed Czechoslovakia and Austria in 1938. Mussolini took power in Italy in 1922. In 1935, Italy invaded Ethiopia and Albania. Germany and Italy officially declared alliance. Also, Germany and Japan signed Anti-Comintern Pact. In the Pacific, Japan perceived the U.S as impeding their imperial expansion. Also, Japan posed a threat for the United States interest in the Far East because U.S had an open door policy with China (in trades and investments) and the covenants that had U.S with Philippines, Guam and other pacific islands. The National Origins Act 1924 excluded Japanese immigrants and other non-whites. This Act Insulted the Japanese. In 1931 Japanese troops took control of Manchuria. With this invasion, Japan violated …show more content…
They increased aid to England with war supplies and Lend-Lease program. U.S had eventual consensus that a Nazi victory in Europe would threaten Western civilization. In 1940, Roosevelt tried to ensure Nazis defeat while keeping the US out of war. But in 1941, U.S saw imminent entry into war when Germany violated the non-aggression Pact with the Soviet Union. Japan wants to grab land in Indochina (European colonies) in search of natural resources such as rubber and oil. The U.S Congress had decided to decline the shipment agreement arms with the Japanese. Japan desperate bombed by surprise squad planes at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii on December 7, 1941. They destroyed almost the entire base. U.S declared war on Japan, but remains neutral in Europe. Hitler convinced that U.S was weak with the attack on Pearl Harbor; he believed that is impossible to lose this conflict and declares war to U.S. Also, Italy declared war to Roosevelt. U.S now enters to the World War