Cause And Effect Of World War 2

World War II Era was the most influential Era in the history of The United States. The main events for the U.S. were when Japan surprisedly attacked the U.S., then when the U.S. and the allied forces landed on the beaches of Normandy, and lastly when the U.S. dropped two nuclear bombs on Japan. This is why World War II had the greatest effect on the United States.
On December 7, 1941, Japan made the worst decision to carry out a surprise attack on the United States Pacific Naval Fleet at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. Isoroku Yamamoto was the man who planned the attack months before the attack. Yamamoto prepared his troops by practicing on a base on an island near Japan that had many similar traits of Pearl Harbor. Also, the Japanese had spies that located the U.S.’s battleship to help give the pilots an idea of where they were all located. The Japanese plan went way better than they ever expected it to go. The next day President Franklin D. Roosevelt declared war on Japan and put the U.S. into World War II. The movie Tora, Tora, Tora showed how the Japanese prepared and executed the attack. …show more content…
The invasion was called Operation Overlord that spanned fifty miles of a heavily fortified coast in France. The mission was to push the German back to Germany. Adolf Hitler was the leader of the Nazi Party and Chancellor of Germany who was in charge of all the German army. Hitler could have helped manage some of the loss of ground if he didn’t sleep in on the morning of the attack. The movie Saving Private Ryan show how brutal the invasion of Normandy. Before the war, the U.S. was in the great depression which affected millions of people. The war helped people get new jobs supplying the troops with bullets, clothes and any other