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Day 2: Pearl Harbor
What was the U.S. stance on WWII
before our involvement?
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Before 1941, the U.S. was neutral during WWII and they
were isolationists while selling armaments (weapons) to
its allies.
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“1940__America_Resolves_Not_to_Join_the_War”
December 7, 1941, Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.
The ability of the Air Force and Navy to retaliate against
Japan was weakened.
Why was the attack a surprise?
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Play video“Americans_in_Hawaii_are_Unprepared_for_
Attack”
1941, Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. The attack
brought the U.S. into WWII, which ended with Japan’s
defeat and surrender in 1945.
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arl_Harbor_Is_No_Match_for_the_Japanese”
These photographs that appeared
in Life Magazine were not
published until the war was over.
“I fear all we have done is to
awaken a sleeping giant and
filled him with a terrible
resolve.” - Japanese admiral
“A date which will live in
infamy”
Extra Info: President Roosevelt formally requested
the declaration in his Infamy Speech, addressed to a
joint session of Congress and the nation at 12:30 pm
on December 8.
The declaration was quickly brought to a vote; it
passed the Senate, and then passed the House at
1:10 pm. The vote was 82 to 0 in the Senate and
388 to 1 in the House of Representatives. Jeannette
Rankin, a committed Pacifist and the first woman
elected to Congress (first elected in 1916), was the
only vote against the Declaration in either house.
President Roosevelt signed the declaration at 4:10
pm the same day.
After the attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States enters World War II
and mobilizes for war on two fronts. The United States joins the Allies
which include: Britain, France, and the USSR.
Pacific
Europe
Two different locations, two different enemies, two every different experiences.
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The attack brought the
U.S. into WWII, which
ended with Japan’s
defeat and surrender in
1945
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British Prime Minister,
Winston Churchill was
thrilled that the US
was entering the war.
“To have the United States at our side was to me
the greatest joy. Now at this very moment I
knew the United States was in the war, up to
the neck and in to the death. So we had won
after all!...Hitler’s fate was sealed. Mussolini’s
fate was sealed. As for the Japanese, they
would be ground to powder.”
From his book The Grand Alliance
Handout the Declaration of War Speech and
listen to the Sound Recording file of Roosevelt
delivering this speech.