Topic 2.3:
The United States Enters World War II
After the Japanese bombing of the U.S. Pacific fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii President Roosevelt asked the United States Congress to declare war on Japan. Germany and Italy then declared war on the United States in order to support their ally, Japan, becoming the Axis Powers. The United States, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union became known as the Allied Powers or the Allies.
The United States Enters World War II
After the Japanese bombing of the U.S. Pacific fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii President Roosevelt asked the United States Congress to declare war on Japan. Germany and Italy then declared war on the United States in order to support their ally, Japan, becoming the Axis Powers. The United States, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union became known as the Allied Powers or the Allies.