On December 8th, 1941, Franklin Delano Roosevelt asked Congress to declare war for the United States on Japan. This was one day after the bombing at Pearl Harbor, "a date which will live in infamy," as Roosevelt called it. He continued to say that Japan had broken their diplomatic tie with the United States soon after the bombing, and the attack was clearly planned out days in advance. The attack cost America many lives as well as ships. However, it did not stop there. The Japanese also attacked Hong Kong, Guam, and the Philippines. The people of the United States already knew that they had to do something. Roosevelt had already started to prepare for further defense. He then said that the United States would win. He finished the statement by formally asking Congress to declare war.
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