LAD #34 FDR's Declaration of War

After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was quick to ask Congress for a declaration of war. Most of the country was in a furor over the attack and demanded that something be done. FDR states that the day of the attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7th 1941 will be "a date which will live in infamy". He then goes on to address that the Japanese government was acting as if everything, including relations with the US was practically alright. In addition, he reports how Japan has attacked numerous areas and is acting in a hostile way in the Pacific. FDR asks Americans to take a stand, declare war and fight against Japan. He wants not only victory for the US, but also to show that America will not be bullied without ramifications to the enemy. America would indeed go to war. The declaration was signed and a few days later Germany declared war on the US. World War II for the US had begun.