User:Smd575/United States declaration of war on Japan

The United Kingdom declared war on Japan nine hours before the U.S. did, partially due to Japanese attacks on the British colonies of Malaya, Singapore, and Hong Kong; and partially due to Winston Churchill's promise to declare war "within the hour" of a Japanese attack on the United States.

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2.     Hatano. (2021). The Pacific War and Japan’s diplomacy in Asia / (First English edition.). Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture JPIC.

Gilder Lehrman Institute of american history. Japan declares war, 1941 | Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. https://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-resources/spotlight-primary-source/japan-declares-war-1941

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 * This primary source offers more information on Japan's declaration of war on the U.S. and Britain that took place shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor and led to the U.S. declaring war in retaliation.

The attack on Pearl Harbor took place before a declaration of war by Japan had been delivered to the United States. It was originally stipulated that the attack should not commence until thirty minutes after Japan had informed the U.S. that it was withdrawing from further peace negotiations, but the attack began before the notice could be delivered. Tokyo transmitted the 5,000-word notification – known as the "14-Part Message" – in two blocks to the Japanese Embassy in Washington. However, because of the very secret nature of the message, it had to be decoded, translated and typed up by high embassy officials, who were unable to do these tasks in the available time.

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"President Roosevelt formally requested the declaration in his Infamy Speech, addressed to a joint session of Congress and the nation at 12:30 p.m. on December 8."

I will be adding context to the events that occurred for the U.S. to declare war on Japan. This includes Roosevelt's infamy speech, further Congressional reactions to the speech and the attack on Pearl Harbor, and other relevant details that led to the declaration of war.

Roosevelt, F. D. (1941). [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afccal000483/. (Published Live)


 * This is a copy of the "Infamy speech" that former president Roosevelt gave to Congress as a request to declare war on Japan.

A Spotlight on a Primary Source by                                                                                                              Hirohito, E. of J. (2012). The Gilder Lehrman Institute of american history. Japan declares war, 1941 | Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. https://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-resources/spotlight-primary-source/japan-declares-war-1941


 * This source offers more information on Japan's declaration of war on the U.S. and Britain that took place shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor and led to the U.S. declaring war in retaliation