Jews and other prisoners at the concentration camps were not the only ones being affected by Hitler, people across the world also suffered from the war. Many people in the US were also going through losses at Pearl Harbor and the Death Marches. Before the US joined the war, they participated in a battle against Japan resulting in many deaths on both sides. The huge battle fought against these two countries was the battle at Pearl Harbor. This occurred on December 7, 1941 when Japan launched a surprise attack on the US’s fleet in Hawaii. This battle led to “more than 2,300 Americans were killed-with over 1,100 wounded”(Holt 497), resolving nothing only angering each country. Both countries fought a useless egotistic battle only to prove which