Pearl Harbor

11//9/2003


Role of the U.S. in Europe after Pearl Harbor

For this assignment I was given the task of researching and giving a short presentation regarding the role of the United States in Europe after Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor, which took place in December 1941. Upon first pondering the subject to which I was assigned, I could not recall anything off the top of my head regarding this subject, so I immediately turned to my old U.S. History book to refresh my memory. History has never been a desirable course of study for me because I find it to be too complex and rather boring. Yet this assignment gave me a chance to look at a particular piece of history and it allowed me to see how each and every event in history lead to the consecutive event. It also gave me a chance to understand and concentrate on the subject that I was assigned to in a very detailed manner, this of which I probably would not have ever done unless prompted to. Therefore, I found this project to be...