Declaration Of War Against Japan Essay

The Declaration of War Against Japan "Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force! You are about to embark upon a great crusade, toward which we have striven these many months. The eyes of the world are upon you. The hopes and prayers of liberty loving people everywhere march with you." - Dwight Eisenhower. World War II began in September 1939 when Germany invaded Poland. The same month, France and Britain declared war on Germany. During the war in Europe, The United States did not want to get involved in the European conflict, but the American country tried to help the British army giving them supplies. While all the conflict was in Europe, Japan tried to expand into China. The goal of Japan was to dominate South East Asia. To accomplish this goal, the Japanese army allied with

At this moment, the relation between the United States and Japan was close to an economic war. The empire of Japan needed the United States to export oil into Asia to continue its aggression in South East Asia. Throughout 1941 it appeared that the United States and Japan were more serious about reaching a peace settlement. At the end of 1941, The United States would ask Japan to leave Indochina, but the Japanese Empire would refuse. In December 1941, over 300 Japanese fighter planes attacked Pearl Harbor, which is a United States Naval Base in Hawaii. The Japanese Empire chose attacked Pearl Harbor, so The United States could not fight against Japan in the Pacific. During the attack, more than 2400 people were killed, and thousands were wounded. At that time, The United States was a country which desperately needed to take decisions and jump into war. The next day after the attack, President Franklin D. Roosevelt asked Congress for the declaration of war against Japan. The famous speech that Franklin Roosevelt gave was called the Infamy Speech or the Pearl Harbor speech. In this speech, President Roosevelt gave one of his famous