WORLD WAR II 1941 1945
THE START OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
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The German attack on US Samoa-December 8th, 1940
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The Allied invasion of Normandy-June 6th, 1944
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The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor-December 7th, 1941
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The Surrender of France-May 10th, 1940
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Detailed explanation-1: -Roosevelt said: 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.
Detailed explanation-2: -Air Raid On Pearl Harbor On December 7, 1941, Japanese planes attacked the United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory, killing more than 2, 300 Americans. The U.S.S. Arizona was completely destroyed and the U.S.S. Oklahoma capsized.
Detailed explanation-3: -On draft No. 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: -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-5: -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.