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American entry in the war

American entry in the war

I. When the Second World War started in 1939 America was not a part of it. Its president was moaning cautiously an account of the public opinion in USA. But the fall of France and the threat to Britain shattered the American feeling of security. So they decided to give all possible and short of war to Britain. The US war department released surplus guns and planned for sale to Britain. In order to avoid the financial complication president Roosevelt devised the lend-lease programme. In March 1941, the American congress passed the lend-lease act, by which the US undertook to help those countries which were fighting against the Axis powers. The Anglo-American partnership became more ultimate when President Roosevelt and Winston Churchill held a conference on a battle-ship in the Atlantic. They issued a programme of war which came to be known as the Atlantic Charter. When Russia was attacked by June 1941 an agreement was

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III. signed between Russia and USA. The US sent all necessary war materials to Britain and USSR to fight against Hitler.

President Roosevelt tried to make use of economic pressure to half the Japanese advance in the Far-East. On 7th December 1941, the Japanese attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbour and destroyed number of American ships. The incident roused the wrath of the American and the congress declared war on Japan. Japanese motives for the attack were tied up with her economic situation. The government, behind that they would soon run short of raw materials. The easts were longing eyes towards Malaya and Burma. The Americans were providing assistance to Chinese who were still at war with Japan when the aggressive general Tojo became the Prime Minister, war seemed inevitable. The attack was brilliantly organized by Admiral Yamamoto. There was to declaration of war Japanese arrived at Pearl Harbour and destroyed American aircraft and battleships.

The Pearl Harbour attack had important results.

1. It gave Japanese the control of Pacific.

2. It caused Hitler to declare war on USA.

3. It transformed the war into a global war.

4. It led to the defeat of the Axis.

America played a significant role in reducing Japan. In June 1942, at Midway Island in the Pacific the Americans bent off a powerful Japanese attack and destroyed Japanese carriers and planes. The battle of Midway Island proved to be a conical turning point in the battle for Pacific. The loss of their carriers and strike planes seriously weakened the Japanese. Gradually the Americans under General Mae Arthur began to recover the Pacific islands. The struggle was long and bitter and continued through 1943 and 1944 by a process known as ‘island hopping’.

Early in 1945 the Americans launched a series of devastating land on Japan. In august, America dropped atom bomb on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. On 2nd September 1945 Japan surrendered.

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