"Now that Japan has started the war, and the U.S. has declared war, every America Soldier will do his utmost to win this war, and America will win, So help us 'God,'" wrote one GI. Judging from ...

This speech asked that Congress declare war between the United States and Japan. Yet, FDR had already determined that Japan invaded the United States. He spoke to the invasion directly ...

It would be described by the press as “one of the oddest hostilities of the decade,” in which a sleepy coastal town of 1,000 people publicly declared war on Japan and the USSR, during the peak ...

President Roosevelt signing the declaration of war against Japan. December 1941. Library of Congress. July: American government freezes all Japanese assets in the U.S. December: U.S. and Britain ...

“It is difficult to end a war once it ... and the United States decided to carry out large-scale air raids on Aug. 14-15 to urge Japan to accept the Potsdam Declaration. Henry Arnold, commander ...

the USA, China and Japan. This guide looks at some of the key events of World War Two. Although Britain declared war on Germany on 3 September 1939, there was only a small amount of fighting.