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United States involvement in WWII

The Pearl Harbor attack took place on December 7 of 1914, Pearl Harbor, was very important for the United States of America, because this made U.S.A enter to World War II. United States was a country with great economic advantages that is why many European countries traded with them, that´s also why they wanted to conquered U.S. Time ago England tried to get the United Sates in the war, but they resist and didn´t enter. This attack did not develop overnight, U.S. and Japan had problems long before. This attack also benefit other countries, like for example England, time before they wanted to conquered United States, so they so it like an opportunity.

The problem between U.S.A and Japan had started many years ago from WWII, it began when the United States stopped commercializing with Japan because they had changed to fascism, and US only wanted to export and commercialize with Democratic countries, so Japan felt injured and had a feeling of revenge with the United States for many years. This problem of stop the commercialization between them was one cause for Japan to attack the Pearl Harbor. United States didn´t wanted to commercialize with countries that don´t were democratic because it would be a bad reputation for them, that´s made them ordered French, Dutch and English colonies stop to sell products to Japan, so Japan also stopped commercializing with other countries because of United States. They make Japan fall economically, get in an economic crisis, cutting their commercialization with many countries, not only U.S.A

In 1914, in World War II Japan wanted to conquered more territories, wanted to have territories on the Pacific, wanted territories of Indonesia and Malaysia, when United States realize they were in trouble, because with their interests in Indonesia, Filipina and Hawaii, Japan may want to attack them and get the territories they wanted, so they had a plan and began to decrease oil and arms sale to Japan.

Japan had many problems with United States among the XX^th century, that made them attack U.S.A, so at the end, they decide to attacked them and proclaim the war, this surprise attack to the Pearl Harbor is very important in United States’ history, because of this war they get in the World War II, but Japan was not the only one that wanted to fight against United States, many European countries wanted the U.S.A enter to the World War II.

In my opinion the main cause of United States get involved on the World War II was that they stopped commercializing and exporting with Japan because of their type of government, I think that they could continue trading with Japan no matter what kind of government they had, because the trading not only beneficed Japan but also the United States of America.  I think that United States were involved on the World War II since the first moment.

Written by: Rafaela Hermoza