FDR's Declaration of War
On December 7, 1941, Japanese fighter planes came down and bombed Pearl Harbor killing 2,335 military soilders. Because of this attack which happened on terms thought to have been peaceful, Roosevelt immediatly went to Congress and gave one of the greatest speeches in American history. He started it with talking about the date which would live in infamy and how he looked toward fixing the pacific. But then he bagan talking about how this attack must have took much preparation and so the fake peace was not actually Japan's goal. But not only was Pearl Harbor attaked, islands including Guam, Wake Island, and the Phillippines were also attacked. Roosevelt ended with proclaiming that this comes down to war and America must fight to defend it's country. That day, December 8, war was declared on Japan.
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