What event in 1941 caused the US to join the Allies in WWII?

Japan attacked the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. The attack led the United States to declare war on Japan and enter World War II alongside the Allies. Germany’s invasion of the USSR also happened in 1941, but it did not directly bring the United States into the war.

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