Most Americans Believed in 1940-1941 That War, If It Came

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Short Answer

Most Americans believed in 1940-1941 that war, if it came, would come in the Atlantic with Hitler's Germany. Instead, it came in the Pacific with Japan. Why were Americans so surprised by the Japanese attack?

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