The Japanese sinking of the U.S. ship, the USS Panay, prompted a majority of Americans to support going to war with Japan.?

The Incident did anger Americans but the Japanese apologized claiming that they could not see any American flag on the ship and they assumed the river boat was part of the Chinese ships they were attacking in the river nearby.  The Japanese apologized and actually paid some compensation.  The Americans were desperate not to get involved in other country's wars at the time and did not take the matter further, but it did anger Americans.  If Japan had not bombed Pearl Harbor likely The US would have stayed out of all wars.  President Roosevelt won the elections on a promise the USA would not get involved in any other countries wars....Show more

Pearl Harbor was a planned event to get the United States involved in the European war. FDR couldn't get Congressional support to involve the United States in the European war that he helped set up, so he provoked Japan to attack in order to force Congressional approval....Show more

False, by 1941 most Americans had forgotten about the sinking of the USS Panay....Show more

It was sunk by the Japanese, but the reason we went to war was because of the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Ironically the Japanese to this day learn nothing about their atrocities and secretly carry many of the same sentiments they had. ...Show more

False.  The attack on Pearl Harbor got the US into the war.  Thankfully we kicked butt....Show more