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The Axis plans for invasion of the United States during World War II were a series of plans for strategic long-range strikes and invasion of the United States of America by German, Japanese and Italian forces.

German-planned Invasion of the United States

Hitler declared war on the United States of America on 11 December 1941.<ref> Hitler Declares War on the United States</ref>

Japanese-planned invasion of the United States

Holger Herwig explains how, during World War I, “Foreign Secretary Zimmermann . . . sent Mexico an offer . . . to join Germany (and Japan) against the United States in return for Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas!”<ref>Holger Herwig, The First World War: Germany and Austria-Hungary, 1914-1918 (London: Arnold, 1997), 305.</ref> Moreover, in the waning days of the war, “. . . Wilhelm II’s main concern . . . was how he could ‘supply Japan with ammunition in its war with America’!”<ref>Holger Herwig, The First World War: Germany and Austria-Hungary, 1914-1918 (London: Arnold, 1997), 215.</ref>. However during this period Japan and the Untied States were part of the alliance at war with the Axis powers.

The Hawaiian Islands could be used for future landings in the continental U.S., or to conduct aerial surface, naval, or submarine attacks against U.S. coasts.<ref>Professor Theodore F. Cook, Jr., of The William Paterson University of New Jersey, "Our Midway Disaster: Japan Springs a Trap, June 4, 1942," What If? The World's Foremost Military Historians Imagine What Might Have Been, ed. Robert Cowley (New York: Berkley Books, 2000), 306-307. This academic essay includes a hypothetical map titled "The Invasion of the Hawaiian Islands, December 1942" based on evidence of Japanese plans.</ref>

New York Harbor Attack

While Nazi Germany's U-Boats actively carried out attacks on New York shipping,<ref> Nazi U-Boats Attack New York Shipping!</ref>

References

Further reading

Griehl, Manfred. Luftwaffe over America: The Secret Plans to Bomb the United States in World War II ISBN 1-85367-608-X (2004)

Horn, Steve (2005). The Second Attack on Pearl Harbor: Operation K And Other Japanese Attempts to Bomb America in World War II. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-59114-388-8.

See also

Attacks on North America during World War II

Turning Point: Fall of Liberty - alternate history video game inspred by actual historical evidence of possible American invasion by Nazis

External links

Hitler's Secret Plan To Invade America, History Channel Sunday Night

Axis invasion of the United States through Mexico

TARGET: AMERICA Hitler's Plan to Attack the United States

TARGET: AMERICA, Hitler's Plan to Attack the United States