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Adolf Hitler [a] (20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 until his suicide in 1945. He rose to power as the leader of the Nazi Party, [c] becoming the chancellor in 1933 and then taking the title of Führer und Reichskanzler in 1934.
On 11 December 1941, four days after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and three days after the United States declaration of war against Imperial Japan, Nazi Germany declared war against the United States, in response to what was claimed to be a "series of provocations" by the United States government when the U.S. was still officially neutral during World War II.
John Willard Toland (June 29, 1912 – January 4, 2004) [1] was an American writer and historian. He is best known for a biography of Adolf Hitler [2] and a Pulitzer Prize-winning history of World War II-era Japan, The Rising Sun.
On 28 November 1941, in a conversation with German Foreign Minister, Ōshima was given an assurance that the Third Reich would join the Japanese government in case of war against the United States. [10] Such was Hitler's high esteem that Ōshima was one of only 15 recipients of the Grand Cross of the Order of the German Eagle in Gold.
Admiral Erich Raeder had urged Hitler to declare war throughout 1941, so the Kriegsmarine could begin the Second Happy Time in the Battle of the Atlantic. [23] Hitler had agreed that Germany would almost certainly declare war when the Japanese first informed him of their intention to go to war with the United States on 17 November 1941. [24]
Hitler and Ribbentrop agreed that Germany would almost certainly declare war when the Japanese first informed them of their intention to go to war with the United States on 17 November 1941. [ 61 ] On 25 November 1941, Germany tried to further solidify the alliance against Soviet Russia by officially reviving the Anti-Comintern Pact of 1936 ...
Even after Japan and United States became involved in a war against each other, the Japanese government's neutrality towards the Jews continued. [7]: 111–12 Japanese media reported on the rising anti-semitism in Germany, but once Japan joined the Axis, news that presented Germany in negative light were subject to censorship. [6]
Various unproven conspiracy theories allege that U.S. government officials had advance knowledge of Japan's December 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor.Ever since the Japanese attack, there has been debate as to why and how the United States was caught off guard, and how much and when American officials knew of Japanese plans for an attack.