How did america get involved in ww2?

Although the war began with Nazi Germany's attack on Poland in September 1939, the United States did not enter the war until after the Japanese bombed the American fleet in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941. ... America, he declared, must become "the great arsenal of democracy." read more

The American people didn’t want to get involved in a war seeing how they were in a depression. A great depression even. However, when Japanese air squadrons bombed an American Naval Base, the American people were furious. The following day, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt declared war on Japan, thus getting America involved in WW2. read more

The roots of World War II, which eventually pitted Germany, Japan, and Italy (the Axis) against the United States, Great Britain and the Soviet Union (the Allies), lay in the militaristic ideologies and expansionist policies of Nazi Germany, Italy, and Japan. read more

The United States got involved in World War II after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. The attack occurred after the United States refused to continue trading iron and gasoline to Japan. Japan needed these items to continue their war with China. read more