[MRM]

No one knows why Hitler declared war on the US. Breaking treaties was nothing to him. He was not bound to attack the US because Japan attacked it. Japan was neutral with the Soviets and Hitler didn't complain. When Hitler made his speech the world was waiting with baited breath wondering what he was going to do. When he declared war Churchilll said that the war was now won because the Americans were joining the fight and that he was the happiest man on earth.

Would the US have declared war on Germany if given the chance? No one knows. All we can say is that for days after Pearl Harbor the US was at war with Japan but not Germany. And for more than two years Hitler was at war with Europe but not America. Then Hitler went and solved the dilemma for all of us. I think Hitler wanted to show the other strong men of the world, Churchill, Stalin, Roosevelt, that he was the alpha dog and this was his only chance to mix it up with them.

To quote one of my favorite authors, "Overreaching don't pay."