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This stunning image shows the explo- sion of the USS Arizona in Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

11 sia, and the other Allied forces against Germany, Italy, Japan, and the Axis powers. Many other Americans took an isolationist stance—saying that the country should keep to itself as much as possible and stay out of the war. After Pearl Harbor brought the fight directly to America, President Roosevelt was left with little choice. The next day, the United States officially entered World War II.