United states formally entered world war ii following the japanese attack on when ?

World War II (1939-1945) was the largest armed conflict in human history. Although the war began with Nazi Germany's attack on Poland in September 1939, the United States did not enter the war until after the Japanese bombed the American fleet in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941.

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Ibelieve the answer is benjamin franklin.