American History



American History

Introduction

The United States was officially directly involved in WW2. The united states before and during the early stages of both wars had different policies and refusing to become involved in what it considered a "European war". In the end, though, the United States was prompted to enter the war by unprovoked attacks on its shipping and navy (in World War 1, German submarines sunk many American merchant vessels headed to Europe on regular trade missions, and in World War 2, the Japanese presumptive strike on Pearl Harbor, but also the vast coverage of the bombing of Britain by ...