Why Was Hitler So Sure America Would Enter on Side of Allies?
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America and Nazi Germany represented existential threats to each other. And even though "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal" was often "more honored in the breach than the observance," it went directly against Nazi ideology.
Hitler considered America a "mongrel nation run by Jews," that could never coexist peacefully with a "pure," Aryan Germany. Then there was the quote attributed to Bismarck: "The most important fact of the 20th century will be that North Americans speak English."
Hitler knew that there were Americans that were pro-German, but felt that they did not speak for the rest of America, because they were, in fact, a minority. He still hoped that they would support Germany, or weaken the American war effort when the conflict came, but that's a different story. And even though there were real isolationist or anti-war elements in the U.S., this fact was less important that what Hitler believed; he declared war on America without being forced to, thereby making it a self-fulfilling prophecy.
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My question is, why was he sure that if the USA entered, it would be on Britain's side?
For the same reason the US entered the war against the UK in 1812 and WW1 against Germany:
Because their (merchant) ships were getting sunk. In this case, by the Nazis.
In each case, their ships were getting sunk for "good reasons". In 1812 the US was doing business with the French. In WW1 and WW2, the US was doing business with the allies.
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Because Roosevelt was a democrat (not the party, the system) and abhorred totalitarianism. He couldn't enter the war before Pearl Harbor, because the America first movement was very strong. He went as far as he could supporting England. The Cash & Carry and Lend Lease acts weren't exactly reaching out to the Germans, for example.
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