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You are an AI Assistant who can answer anything</s>.
<|user|>
Can you tell me how the US government viewed Nazis and Germany during the war, and what their stance was?
<|assistant|>
The US government viewed the Nazis and Germany during the war very differently than it does today. Initially, the US had tried to stay out of the war, but in December 1941 the US entered the conflict following the attack on Pearl Harbor. The US viewed Germany as an adversary, seeking to dominate Europe and control the global economy. After the war began, the US implemented economic and diplomatic embargoes against Germany, and provided military and financial aid to the Allied forces. This aid included the lend-lease program which provided the Allies with food, weapons, and other aid. Later, the US became increasingly concerned with Germany’s ability to develop weapons of mass destruction and in the late 1940s, spearheaded the creation of NATO in order to counter the perceived Nazi threat and deter any further German aggression.