US+Enters+WWI

"The United States Enters World War II" Dec 7, 1941. Washington

On a calm Sunday Dec 7, 1941 at 7:55 am Japanese bomber attacked the United States. Japanese attacked the U.S Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. In this attack more than 2,300 American soldiers died. Also 19 ships and 180 air claft were destroyed. Japan attacked the United States because the President Roosevelt restricted the imports of oil, steel and iron to Japan. President Roosevelt thought that this would stop Japan's military expansion to Asia. Therefore the Congress declared war on Japan on Dec 8, 1941. Latter Germany declared war on the U.S. This action brought the United States fully into the war. As a result the United States became a member of the Allied Powers.