Nazi Germany declared war against the United States on December 11, 1941, four days after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and three days after the United States declared war on Japan. German offic
Hitler announces the declaration of war
Closeup of Hitler as war is declared upon the United States, 11 December 1941
Franklin Delano Roosevelt's signing of the declaration of war against Germany, the response of the United States to Hitler's declaration
Adolf Hitler
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Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician who was dictator of Germany in the Nazi era from 1933 until his suicide in 1945. He rose to power as the leader of the Nazi Party, becoming the chan
German declaration of war on the United States
…German officials said they were responding to a "series of provocations" by the United States when it was still officially neutral during World War II. Adolf Hitler made the decision after two days of consultation with Goring, Keitel, Raeder and German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop, all of whom advised…
Formal portrait, 1938
Hitler (c. 1889–90)
Hitler's father, Alois, c. 1900
Hitler's mother, Klara, 1870s