"December 7th 1941 a date which will live in infamy" That line is a exert from one of President Franklin Roosevelt's most remembered speeches. The speech was asking congress to declare war on Japan. The day before this speech was given Pearl Harbor, a US naval base was attacked by the Japanese. FDR describes the negotiations that had been occuring between the two nations, and that this attack came from nowhere, it was both unprovoaked, and uncalled for. The negotiations between the nations were now considered worthless. But the attack on Pearl Harbor had left the Pacific fleet in dissrepair, and it killed thousands of Americans. He also mentions that the empire of Japan had attacked many other Pacific islands including several other American islands. Basically this could not stand, these attacks would only get larger. But for our safety alone we would need to intervein. And in the end he blaitinly asks congress for a declaration of war, and earning it with little resistance.
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