WORLD WAR II 1941 1945
THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR
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Japan
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Germany
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Italy
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -President Franklin D. Roosevelt asks the US Congress to declare war on Japan following the previous day’s surprise attack on Pearl Harbor.
Detailed explanation-2: -On December 8, 1941, the United States Congress declared war ( Pub. L. 77–328, 55 Stat. 795) on the Empire of Japan in response to its surprise attack on Pearl Harbor and subsequent declaration of war the prior day.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -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-5: -US President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs a declaration of war against Nazi Germany on December 11, 1941.