B2431 wrote:

From: "The Enlightenment"

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Whereas Germany was desperatly
trying to avoid confrontation with the USA.

Then why did Germany declare war on the United States 11 December 1941?

to no small part, because the Germans had an agreement with the
Japanese. But regarding the German desire to avoid the issue, that is
very true, as there had been several incidents, including a sunken US
Destroyer and at least one sunken U-boat, that the Germans and the US
could have used to declare war on each other before then.