WORLD WAR II 1941 1945
THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR
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December 8, 1941
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August 25, 1942
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January 14, 1941
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December 8, 1948
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Detailed explanation-1: -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.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -Joint Address to Congress Leading to a Declaration of War Against Japan (1941) Citation: “Day of Infamy” Speech by Franklin D. Roosevelt, December 8, 1941; SEN 77A-H1, Records of the United States Senate; Record Group 46; National Archives.
Detailed explanation-4: -The “Day of Infamy” speech, sometimes referred to as just “The Infamy speech", was delivered by Franklin D. Roosevelt, the 32nd president of the United States, to a joint session of Congress on December 8, 1941.
Detailed explanation-5: -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.