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At the beginning of WW2, America refused to be apart of it, prefering to stick to their previous foreign policy of isolationism. Isolationism was a by product of WW1, Americnas after seeing the destruction of the European war, wanted to distance themselves from any possibility that it may affect them. Thus when World War 2 broke out, America refused to become involved. America did help England and Russia, with lend - lease. This being the lending of American goods, without payment till the war was over. However on December 7, 1941, Japan in an unprovoked attack, bombed Pearl harbour. this reversed American opinion on involvement in the war completely. Suddenly America mobilised to defeat japan, and after Hitler declared war on the US as a show of solidarity to the Japanese, the US was mobilised in the European theatre of the war also.

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