Do you think the United States would have entered World War II had the Japanese not bombed Pearl Harbor?
Given the U.S.'s isolationist approach to war during the first few years of World War II, would the U.S. have entered it were there not an attack on Pearl Harbor to garner public support?
Why did the United States wait until 1941 to enter World War II?
We were pursuing a national policy of "isolationism" (even if Roosevelt did not approve of it) in the hopes that it would just putter out and we would not have to deal with it. We felt we had gone to Europe in 1917, pulled their burning cookies out of the oven for them, then were snubbed as Johnny-come-lately's and country hicks. There was a widespread feeling that our effort had not been appreciated, and we were not going to come rescue them again.
Why did Japan enter World War II?
Japan's industries need raw materials, but it's natural resources are nil. She had to import iron scrap and petroleum from U S A. The nearest country which has vast resources was China. However English, French and Duch monopolised exploitation, and vast areas were under the rule of their governments. So Japan occupied Manchuria. In the process vast stretches of China was occupied.To maintain occupational force they need more material, steel and fuel were very much necessary. In this context Japan's line of thinking was that while she was being starved of fuel and raw materials, companies of far of countries are getting the same dam cheap by exploiting vast resources.By the same time Nazis rose to power in Germany and by 1941 - 42 they successfully defeated France remains unstoppable. So the powers that were ruling some Asian countries themselves were defeated. This, Japan thought was the right time to join hands with victorious forces, viz. Nazi Germany and Italy.These developments troubled US. They told Japan to stop aggression on China and announced halt of iron scrap.This infuriated the Japanese government, headed by Tojo, a military general. As the Europe was in turmoil, the attention of US diverted to help UK, it was the right time to destroy American naval ships and air craft carriers at Pearl Harbor in a surprise attack.On the face of it Japanese are in serious discussions with American Government. But Tojo covertly planned a surprise attack. This they did in December.But the attack did not yield desired results as US Air craft carriers were not there.As the American industrial might is is several times of Japanese, eventually they won the war. However a small Asian nation stunned the most powerful nation writing a day of infamy in it's history.
Which event in 1941 caused the United States to enter World War 2?
It all started when Japan insulted the U.S.'s mother. Well, that angered the U.S. So, the U.S. decided to join the war and bomb Japan. Pearl Harbor didn't really happen. I mean...did you see it happen? Exactly.