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Adolf Hitler declaring war on the United States of America at the Kroll Opera House in Berlin, December 11th, 1941.
Hitler claimed that he was honouring Germany's commitments to Japan under the Tripartite Pact. Later that same day, the U.S. Congress will issue a declaration of war against Germany and Italy as well, relieving Churchill of his fears of two wars, England fighting Germany, and America fighting Japan.
Hitler was convinced that the United States would soon beat him to the punch and declare war on Germany. The U.S. Navy was already attacking German U-boats, and Hitler despised Roosevelt for his repeated verbal attacks against his Nazi ideology. He also believed that Japan was much stronger than it was, that once it had defeated the United States, it would turn and help Germany defeat Russia. So at 3:30 p.m. (Berlin time) on December 11, the German charge d’affaires in Washington handed American Secretary of State Cordell Hull a copy of the declaration of war.
Hitler claimed that he was honouring Germany's commitments to Japan under the Tripartite Pact. Later that same day, the U.S. Congress will issue a declaration of war against Germany and Italy as well, relieving Churchill of his fears of two wars, England fighting Germany, and America fighting Japan.
Hitler was convinced that the United States would soon beat him to the punch and declare war on Germany. The U.S. Navy was already attacking German U-boats, and Hitler despised Roosevelt for his repeated verbal attacks against his Nazi ideology. He also believed that Japan was much stronger than it was, that once it had defeated the United States, it would turn and help Germany defeat Russia. So at 3:30 p.m. (Berlin time) on December 11, the German charge d’affaires in Washington handed American Secretary of State Cordell Hull a copy of the declaration of war.
