German submarines were attacking American ships, including Navy ships and killing US Sailors. US flagged ships were being stopped, boarded and held for inspection in the open seas as close as the Carribean. War was coming with Germany one way or another.Because of The Tripartite Pact, also known as the Berlin Pact, was an agreement between Germany, Italy and Japan signed in Berlin on 27 September 1940That plus Hitler declaring war on America 4 days later. ...Only after Pearl HarborThe people overwhelmingly supported going to war
a mutual defense pact. Germany only declared war on the States because of this.
Which gave FDR exactly what he wanted, involvement in the war in europe
Over 600 ships were sunk by Nazi submarines along our East coast all the way around to the Gulf of Mexico and even to the mouth of the Mississippi River. Thousands of our ships were sunk shipping arms and supplies to England. All prior to Adolph Hitler declaring war on the United States.