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5 days ago · As part of his request that Congress declare war against Japan on December 8, 1941, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt declares the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7 “a date which will live in infamy.” (more)
5 days ago · Pearl Harbor attack, (December 7, 1941), surprise aerial attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor on Oahu Island, Hawaii, by the Japanese that precipitated the entry of the United States into World War II. The strike climaxed a decade of worsening relations between the United States and Japan.
Jun 14, 2024 · Truman took advantage of the meeting in Potsdam to issue a joint statement (with Britain and the Republic of China; the Soviet Union did not sign because it had not declared war on Japan) demanding Japan’s unconditional surrender.
Jun 14, 2024 · Bowing to political pressure, President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued Executive Order No. 9066 allowing military commanders to declare areas off-limits to “any or all persons.” Public Law 503 made violation of military orders issued under the authority of EO 9066 a federal offense.
3 days ago · The third presidential term of Franklin D. Roosevelt began on January 20, 1941, when he was once again inaugurated as the 32nd president of the United States, and the fourth term of his presidency ended with his death on April 12, 1945. Roosevelt won a third term by defeating Republican nominee Wendell Willkie in the 1940 United States ...
Jun 14, 2024 · The Treaty of Portsmouth, mediated by U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt, ended the war by affirming Japanese control over Korea and ceding the Liaodong Peninsula and South Manchurian railway rights to Japan.
6 days ago · On December 8, at Roosevelt’s request, Congress declared war on Japan; on December 11 Germany and Italy declared war on the United States.
