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Japan attacked the US in the Pacific so we had to fight them there. Germany declared war on the US on December 11, 1941; so we had to fight them too. Germany declared war on the US hoping Japan would open a "second front" on the Soviet Union, to relieve the Germans fighting on the "Russian Front." Japan had already fought the Russians twice, once in 1904-1905, then again in 1939; The Japanese were weary of fighting the Russians, and didn't want to fight them again, unless they absolutely had too.

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