Did the americans in the ww2 save the allies in1941 by entereing the war?
The US entry into WW2 came because of a Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. US forces chiefly were in the Pacific trying to stem the tide of the Japanese after this attack and until mid 1942 were not doing all that well. The incredible stupidity of Hitler to declare war on the US despite his own military/diplomatic personnel’s misgivings may have been the single most decisive factor. Until then, the Congress steadfastedly resisted FDR’s urging to expand the war by adding Germany to the declaration of 8 December 1941. As noted earlier, France was beaten. Only a small force of Free French existed in England fighting on. Vichy (or unoccupied France in the south) was pro German. The Resistance was tiny and ineffectual despite the image it has taken on today. That Resistance most people know of developed after 1943 and was almost non existent in 1941. Engalnd was holding its own but barely. As in 1917, she was on her last legs-financially broke and held afloat more with hope and the inflowing
