Why the US entered World War II
Rise of Totalitarian Regimes
Japan took over china and then after the Attack on Pearl Harbor Japan and Germany joined allies. Totalitarian is the rise of a single government (dictatorship)
German U boats in the Alantic.
6 years of naval warfare, U-boats had great success against Allied convoys, sinking merchant ships with torpedoes and then submerging to evade the counterattack by escorting warships
Lend -lease act 1941
allowing the president to send fire arms and other defense weapons to foreign nations
cash and carry policy
was requested by FDR , and was put into place that other countries good get the weapons from the united states if the took the risk in their own ship to get them and if they paid full in cash.
pearl Harbor
On December 7th the Japanese launched the attack on Pearl Harbor. Pearl Harbor was the last and final cause for the United States to inter the war. They destroyed 20 American ships and 300 airplanes 2,500 American men died in the attack of Pearl Harbor. President Roosevelt declared War on December 8th. Three days after Japan joined allies with Germany.