Second world war
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Second World War-USA
After receiving the news about the Pearl Harbor attack, Roosevelt met with his military advisers and, after that, wrote a first draft of the declaration of war on Japan requestto the Congress.
After the first draft, the President made some handwritten changes and created a final version of the speech. One of the most famous phrases of the speech, a date which will livein infamy, wasn't in the first draft; it was a date which will live in world history.
On December 8, 1941, the day after Japanese forces attacked the American military base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii,Franklin Roosevelt addressed Congress with one of the most famous speeches to Congress in history and asked for a Declaration of War with Japan.
At 12:30 pm, Roosevelt started the speech.
«Mr.Vice President, and Mr. Speaker, and Members of the Senate, of the House of Representatives:
Yesterday, December 7th, 1941, a date which will live in infamy, the United States of America was suddenlyand deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.
The United States was at peace with that Nation and, at the solicitation of Japan, was still in conversation with itsGovernment and its Emperor looking toward the maintenance of peace in the Pacific. Indeed, one hour after Japanese air squadrons had commenced bombing in Oahu, the Japanese Ambassador to the United Statesand his colleague delivered to the Secretary of State a form reply to a recent American message. While this reply stated that it seemed useless to continue the existing diplomatic negotiations, itcontained no threat or hit of war or armed attack.
It will be recorded, that the distance of Hawaii from Japan makes it obvious that the attack was deliberately planned many days or even weeks ago.During the intervening time the Japanese Government had deliberately sought to deceive the United States by false statements and expressions of hope for continued peace.
The attack yesterday on the...
After receiving the news about the Pearl Harbor attack, Roosevelt met with his military advisers and, after that, wrote a first draft of the declaration of war on Japan requestto the Congress.
After the first draft, the President made some handwritten changes and created a final version of the speech. One of the most famous phrases of the speech, a date which will livein infamy, wasn't in the first draft; it was a date which will live in world history.
On December 8, 1941, the day after Japanese forces attacked the American military base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii,Franklin Roosevelt addressed Congress with one of the most famous speeches to Congress in history and asked for a Declaration of War with Japan.
At 12:30 pm, Roosevelt started the speech.
«Mr.Vice President, and Mr. Speaker, and Members of the Senate, of the House of Representatives:
Yesterday, December 7th, 1941, a date which will live in infamy, the United States of America was suddenlyand deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.
The United States was at peace with that Nation and, at the solicitation of Japan, was still in conversation with itsGovernment and its Emperor looking toward the maintenance of peace in the Pacific. Indeed, one hour after Japanese air squadrons had commenced bombing in Oahu, the Japanese Ambassador to the United Statesand his colleague delivered to the Secretary of State a form reply to a recent American message. While this reply stated that it seemed useless to continue the existing diplomatic negotiations, itcontained no threat or hit of war or armed attack.
It will be recorded, that the distance of Hawaii from Japan makes it obvious that the attack was deliberately planned many days or even weeks ago.During the intervening time the Japanese Government had deliberately sought to deceive the United States by false statements and expressions of hope for continued peace.
The attack yesterday on the...
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