From the American perspective, didn’t the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor “cause” WW II? Certainly there had been much concern on this side of the Atlantic about Hitler’s intentions prior to the event, but until then isolationism ruled the day and may well have kept us out of the war until it was too late. Does anyone know or care to enter into the mind of Hitler to posit an answer as to why he declared war against us when he didn’t have to, and thereby virtually guaranteed his defeat? And please don’t tell me he felt bound by honor to stand by the Japanese.