Before the bombing of Pearl Harbor by the Japanese, most Americans were hesitant to engage in another European war (the first one being WWI). American sentiment began to change, however, after the Germans began sinking American ships.
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There was a short period of official persecution under Emperor Decius, but the Roman Emperor who was really responsible for widespread persecution of Christians was Emperor Diocletian.
The answer is the Soviet Union