The Pros And Cons Of The Bombing Of Pearl Harbour

Would the Americans have joined World War 2 if the bombing of Pearl Harbour had not taken place?

Introduction Many historians and people in general believe that the United States would have eventually joined the war on the European front, however, not many expected war with Japan to come earlier than the former. With that being said, the sense of isolationism in the US, however, was still extremely strong and prevalent, effectively impeding any possible war efforts made by Roosevelt, but then came the bombing of Pearl Harbour which, to all of history, is seen as the tipping point for the end of US isolationism policies. The very day after the bombing President Franklin D. Roosevelt spoke to parliament in his address on the attack on

When the voting took place on the decision to declare war on Japan, only one member of Congress voted against. So with all this considered, the main question would be: Would the Americans have eventually joined the war even if Pearl Harbour had not been attacked? My take would still be that the US would have eventually joined the war regardless of whether the bombings took place, but at an even later date, possibly having dire consequences and affecting certain outcomes of the war.

December 7 1941
The attack on Pearl Harbour came as a surprise to all of America for multiple reasons: no one expected the Japanese to attack them due to the great distance between Japan and America, also there was no declaration of war made on America by the Japanese. So despite the evident political tensions between the two countries, no one actually

Truth to be told, the American mindset of isolationism had actually been deep rooted in the thinking of Americans even before independence. The colonies of old were populated by people who fled from Europe during times of unrest or turmoil, hoping to find a peaceful and fulfilling life away from the havoc of European politics, therefore going to show how the roots of isolationism were planted deep in the American mind even during British Colonial times. Throughout the 19th century, the American mindset of isolationism remained prevalent even up until the Great War, better known as World War 1, when President Woodrow Wilson went before congress to request for a declaration of war against Germany after threatening to sever diplomatic ties but to no avail. He only succeeded in persuading the public and congress after proving the German refusal to cease unrestricted submarine warfare in the North Atlantic and