After the several days of Pearl Harbor attack on December 11, 1941 Nazi leader Adolf Hitler Declared war on the United States of America. US was formally neutral during World War II.
The decision was made by personally Adolf Hitler as he didn't consult
about this with any of other companions. Hitler wants to join hands
with Japan against United States but he failed to do so because of his
ego. The US was neutral in name only at that point and was going to
join the war on Britain’s side sooner or later. So Hitler decided that the
best move would be to declare war on the USA in December 1941 both
to show solidarity with the Japanese/strengthen the ties of the Axis
and to hit the US right after their Pacific fleet had been dealt a massive
(though crucially not a crippling) blow. What Hitler got wrong (which
was the exact same thing that the Japanese high command got wrong)
was he completely underestimated the production power of the United
States as well as the country’s willingness to shift the vast majority of
that production over to wartime needs. Hitler’s declaration of war came
as a great relief to British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, who feared
the possibility of two parallel disconnected wars (UK and Soviet Union
versus Germany in Europe, US versus Japan in the Pacific). With Nazi
Germany’s declaration against the United States in force, American
assistance for Britain in both theaters of war as a full ally was assured.
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