AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR I
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Winston Churchill-Requesting U.S. military & economic aid
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Dwight Eisenhower-Announcing the D-Day invasion of France
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Joseph Stalin-Proclaiming Russia’s decisive victory at Stanlingrad
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Franklin D. Roosevelt-Asking Congress to declare war on Japan
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Detailed explanation-1: -In the early afternoon of December 7, 1941, Franklin D. Roosevelt was just finishing lunch in his oval study on the second floor of the White House, preparing to work on his stamp album, when his telephone rang.
Detailed explanation-2: -On December 8, 1941, the day after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, President Franklin Roosevelt delivered this “Day of Infamy Speech.” Immediately afterward, Congress declared war, and the United States entered World War II.
Detailed explanation-3: -On this date, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, addressing the nation in a Joint Session in the House Chamber, asked Congress to declare war against Japan in response to the surprise attack against American naval facilities in and around Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, a day earlier.
Detailed explanation-4: -U.S. Congress Joint Resolution signed by President Roosevelt on December 8, 1941 at 4:10 p.m., Public Law 77-328, 55 STAT 795, which declared war on Japan.