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Editor's note: In honor of Independence Day — this year, we mark 249 years since the United States parted with Great Britain — we present the nation's founding document, the Declaration of ...
A surprise Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii in 1941 precipitated a U.S. declaration of war against the Empire of Japan and shortly later against Germany and Italy as well.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8, 1941 (UP) -- President Roosevelt today in person asked Congress to declare that "a state of war has existed between the United States and the Japanese Empire" as a result of ...
Japan declared war against the Allies on 7 December 1941, and Britain announced the war the following day. An imperial rescript accompanied Japan's declaration of war, reading: 'It has been truly ...