WORLD WAR II 1941 1945
THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Win through to absolute victory.
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Sign a peace treaty with Japan.
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Surrender before the fighting gets too bad.
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Destroy Germany.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Roosevelt spoke for the nation: “No matter how long it may take us to overcome this premeditated invasion, the American people in their righteous might will win through to absolute victory.”
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -1, Roosevelt changed “a date which will live in world history” to “a date which will live in infamy, ” providing the speech its most famous phrase and giving birth to the term, “day of infamy, ” which December 7, 1941, is often called.
Detailed explanation-4: -"Yesterday, December 7, 1941-a date which will live in infamy-the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan."