Pearl Harbor Attack

On 11 December 1941, just four days after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Adolf Hitler made a decision that would change the course of World War II. Standing before the German Reichstag, he officially declared war on the United States, bringing America fully into the European conflict. Until that moment, the United States had been indirectly involved, supporting Allied forces through supplies, funding, and naval protection. Pearl Harbor pushed the U.S. into war against Japan, but Hitler’s d