How World War I Affected Germany And The United States

Prior to World War II the world was in an economic limbo because of the Great Depression, Pearl Harbor was attacked by the Japanese and that affected both the United States, and Germany, but in different ways. Also World War I affected Germany and the United States, but it affected both countries differently. And thus because of those three reasons, Germany and the United States were motivated to go to war. These two countries were following two completely different forms of government. Germany was also coming back from a disastrous World War I via the Treaty of Versailles and they were very angry which was in part because of the United States. But both of these countries have one thing in common, and that was they had economic issues
Although these two countries are very different in many ways, what they especially had in common was their financial and economic issues going into World War II due to the Great Depression. As well as that, the attack on Pearl Harbor motivated the U.S. to go to war because they were stunned on behalf of the attack and Germany used that attack to their advantage to grow their empire. Also, the aftermath of World War I affected both the U.S. and Germany, but differently, and because of that, it motivated these countries to enter war.

The Great Depression was a span of time where the globe was in a political limbo, Germany was motivated to go to war because they were reliant upon a foreign capital helped by the U.S. and the United States were motivated to go to war because a lot of money was being lost, they were in economic distraught, and nothing good was happening to them. The Nazi Party came to power in 1919, and was previously known as the German Workers Party. At the start of the Great Depression the unemployment rate was close to 30%. Germany’s economy was quite vulnerable because it was reliant upon a
naval base, in which it killed many people, this attack motivated America to go to war and Germany to swoop in and use chaos to help their empire grow. The mayhem lasted for just two hours, but it was devastating nonetheless. The Japanese managed to destroy nearly 20 American naval vessels, including eight enormous battleships, and more than 300 airplanes. Also, more than 2,000 Americans soldiers and sailors died in the attack, and another 1,000 people were wounded. The attack on Pearl Harbor came as a surprise, but Japan and the United States had been edging towards war for decades. The United States was particularly unhappy with Japan’s hostile attitude towards China. On the morning of December 8, President Roosevelt asked the Congress to, “Declare the existence of a state of war between the United States and Japan.” Both Houses of Congress acted immediately, but with one dissenting vote. Prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States and Japan had a tense relationship because the U.S. placed an embargo on Japan a few months before, and this embargo blocked the Japanese from receiving crucial materials such as steel and aviation fuel. The United States placed this embargo on Japan because they tried to take over more territory. The war could be seen as the culmination of tensions between Japan and the U.S., two countries that can be traced back to 1915, when Japan issued the "Twenty One Demands" on China.