US INVOLVEMENT IN WWII

U.S. Involvement in European Conflict In the year 1939 when World War II broke out, President Roosevelt was quick to declare the United States a neutral party in the conflict. He felt this best for our nation, as did the American citizens. We wished to avoid all foreign entanglements. On December 7th, 1941 the public outlook changed with the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor. Soon after, Germany declared war on our nation. Through the use of …

…Axis powers whenever possible. Each one of these three aspects of war taken separately, would prove that the United States a key feature in WWII. When combined, however, it is obvious that America and its people were responsible for the Allied victory. No other nation dealing with the European Campaign shared our speed or decisiveness or had the means to produce the quantity and quality of industry necessary to destroy Hitler and the Third Reich.