The Allies dismissed the aggression of the Axis, which consequently led to more aggression because the Axis then believed they could do whatever they wanted and not get punished. The isolationist mood the US took in the 1930's actually encouraged the Axis. Like any war when you are not the aggressor, but the defender, to enter the war you have to be provoked. In this case, Italy, Germany and Japan provoked the United States. Those countries have so far provoked America directly, but mildly, and those countries also defied America's interests and attacked America's allies. The US was afraid that the situation with the Axis could escalate so far that the Axis could take over the world or a good portion of it. The Axis's overall plan now was to try to dominate the world. In

Because of all the attacks on US ships in the Atlantic, Roosevelt ordered vessels to "shoot-on-sight" at German ships or subs. This undeclared naval battle mainly between the US and Germany brought America very close to war. All the US needed to enter the war was an attack directly on America soil. On December 7, 1941 Japan bombed Pearl Harbor with 94 ships in the harbor. Pearl Harbor was on the Hawaiian Island of Oahu. Almost 400 US aircraft’s were lost, over 2,400 people were killed, and much of the US Pacific naval fleet was destroyed. Many battleships were lost along with a few aircraft carriers.

He did this by launching a propaganda campaign to persuade Americans to believe that issues in Europe affected Americans as well.

Because of the Japanese aggression towards China, the US sided with China. The Japanese were very cruel to the people in the places the Japanese attacked. The Japanese brutality really upset the American public. The US then helped to supply China. Once again America sided with weak opposed to the strong. Before America entered the war, they found out about Germany's plans to invade South America in Brazil, Chile, and Peru. Germany also planned to attack the Panama Canal, which is very important for American sea-trade and for ships to get from coast to coast. If these plans were true, the US had to put an end to them then, so that Hitler did not attack America.

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