While Pearl Harbor was a momentous day for the United States, for Jews the war was already almost half over. The war began no later than Sept. 1, 1939 (earlier if you count the fighting in Ethiopia and China). By Dec. 7, 1941, the Germans had already conquered most of Europe, the Wannsee conference was already planned, etc. Had the USA entered at the start history might have been very different, but the USA was still controlled by isolationists who thought that having a weak military and ignoring the world would make problems go away.
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