Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
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.
Adolf Hitler was leader of Nazi Germany, first as Chancellor from 1933 until 1934. He later became Germany's Führer from 1934 until his suicide in 1945. Hitler came to power during Germany's period of crisis after the Great War which occurred between the 1920s and early 1930s.
Hirohito, Emperor of Japan Japanese Prime Minister at the time of the attack, Hideki Tojo. The Imperial edict of declaration of war by the Empire of Japan on the United States and the British Empire (Kyūjitai: 米國及英國ニ對スル宣戰ノ詔書) was published on 8 December 1941 (Japan time; 7 December in the US), 7.5 hours after Japanese forces started an attack on the United States ...
A peace conference is attempted, but Hitler disrupts it by shredding the peace treaty and inciting a brawl. Meanwhile, a peculiar Japanese duck named Hideki Tojo arrives to support Hitler and Mussolini but inadvertently angers a sea turtle by mistaking it for an island and planting a sign which reads "Japanese Mandate Island" on its shell.
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.