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The answer is that the US did not declare war in either war for the reason that the Germans threatened to sink all ships in British waters.

World War 1: President Wilson chose to declare war on Germany in World War 1 when he learned from the Mexican Government that the Germans wanted to attack the US through the US borders and Gulf of Mexico.

World War 2: President Roosevelt declared war after the Japanese bombed the US Naval ships and planes in Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. They became officially involved in the European Theater of Operation once Hitler declared war on the USA.

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