Causes of World War II
The Imperial Japanese Navy attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, hoping to destroy the United States Pacific Fleet at anchor. Even though the Japanese knew that the U.S. had the potential to build more ships, they hoped that they would feed reinforcements in piecemeal and thus the Japanese Navy would be able to defeat them in detail. This nearly happened during the Battle of Wake Island shortly after.
Within days, Germany declared war on the United States, effectively ending isolationist sentiment in the U.S. which had so far prevented it from entering the war.
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External links
- Human Smoke: The Beginnings of World War II, the End of Civilization by Nicholson Baker. Chapter 1 of the book.
- The History Channel
- France, Germany and the Struggle for the War-making Natural Resources of the Rhineland Explains the long term conflict between Germany and France over the centuries, which was a contributing factor to the World Wars.
- The New Year 1939/40, by Joseph Goebbels
- "We shall fight on the beaches" speech, by Winston Churchill
- Czechoslovakia primary sources
- More Czechoslovakia primary sources
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