Day of Infamy SpeechFranklin Delano
Joint Address to Congress Leading to a Declaration of War Against Japan (1941) On December 12, 1941, the day after the U.S. was attacked at Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt presented this speech (also known as the "Day of Infamy Speech") to a joint session of Congress, ...
In his speech to Congress, President Roosevelt stated that the bombing of Pearl Harbor was “a date which will live in infamy.” The Second World War, or WWII, was the deadliest war in history. It involved more than 30 countries that were either members of the Allied or Axis Powers. ...
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. The United States was at peace with that Nation and, at the solicitation of Japan, was still in conversation...