December 7, 1941, was an important day in U.S. History. On that day, Japan attacked the United States by launching an attack at our main military base in the Pacific Ocean at Pearl Harbor.
The United States and Japan had been heading toward conflict prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor. The United States stopped selling Japan oil and scrap metal once the Export Control Act was passed in 1940. The United States also froze the financial assets of Japan that were in US banks.
The attack on Pearl Harbor brought the United States into World War II. The US could now openly help Great Britain in its fight against Germany and Italy. The US also had to respond to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The US went into wartime mode, producing materials to rebuild its military in the Pacific and help the Allies fight in Europe. People within the US had to make sacrifice; certain products were rationed, and people loaned money to the government. People also grew their own vegetables in Victory Gardens to help conserve food and make more food available for the military. The US instituted a battle strategy against Germany, Italy, and Japan. This strategy included fighting in North Africa, seizing Italy, controlling the Atlantic, freeing France, and invading Germany. In the Pacific, the US wanted to recapture islands one at a time in a strategy known as island hopping. This would then set the US up for an attack on Japan. With the United States' help, the Allies were able to defeat the Axis Powers in World War II.
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