Question

How did the surprise on pearl harbour change the opinion about the war

Answer 1

Americans found that Japan was trying to attack it and since Japan was on the Axis side, the US joined the Allies to defeat Hitler, Mussolini and Hirohito. They declared war on Japan after the attack on Pearl Harbour, which took the lives of over 2,000 Americans. Back at the US, people were outraged of what Japan had done. It had killed a lot of their people and the US wanted revenge. The US joined Britain and the Allies and inflicted a heavy defeat and got their revenge on Japan at 1945 with nukes.

Answer 2

Many American citizens believed that the politics of isolationism should be pursued and that there is no need for the US to enter the war. When Pearl Harbor occurred, the opinion changed and people started believing that it is an absolute necessity to stop the forces of Axis.