"Day of Infamy" speech

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The "Day of Infamy" speech is Franklin D. Roosevelt’s historic address to the U.S. Congress on December 8, 1941, calling for a declaration of war on Japan following the attack on Pearl Harbor.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf political speech
speech
war address
alsoKnownAs Infamy Speech
Pearl Harbor address to the nation
audience American public
United States Congress
author Franklin D. Roosevelt
broadcastMedium radio
broadcastNetwork U.S. radio networks
city Washington, D.C.
country United States
date 1941-12-08
dateOfRelatedEvent 1941-12-07
eventFollowed attack on Pearl Harbor
governmentBodyAddressed United States House of Representatives
United States Senate
historicalPeriod World War II era
linked to: World War II
language English
mentions American casualties
American naval and air forces
Empire of Japan
linked to: Japan

Pacific area
openingLine Yesterday, December 7, 1941—a date which will live in infamy—
place United States Capitol
politicalContext U.S. isolationism before Pearl Harbor
purpose to rally American support for entering World War II
to request a declaration of war on Japan
relatedCountry Japan
United States of America
relatedDocument U.S. declaration of war on Japan
relatedEvent Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
bombing of U.S. naval and military bases in Hawaii
relatedPerson Cordell Hull
Emperor Hirohito
Harry S. Truman
result United States declaration of war on Japan
formal entry of the United States into World War II
rhetoricalDevice appeal to patriotism
framing of attack as unprovoked and treacherous
moral condemnation of enemy actions
significance one of the most famous speeches in American history
symbol of U.S. entry into World War II
turning point in U.S. foreign policy
speaker Franklin D. Roosevelt
topic Japanese military aggression in the Pacific
United States declaration of war on Japan
World War II
attack on Pearl Harbor
year 1941

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Franklin D. Roosevelt famousSpeech "Day of Infamy" speech
subject linked to: President Franklin D. Roosevelt
"Day of Infamy" speech alsoKnownAs Infamy Speech
linked to: "Day of Infamy" speech
"Day of Infamy" speech alsoKnownAs Pearl Harbor address to the nation
linked to: "Day of Infamy" speech
"Day of Infamy" speech topic United States declaration of war on Japan
linked to: "Day of Infamy" speech
"Day of Infamy" speech relatedDocument U.S. declaration of war on Japan
linked to: "Day of Infamy" speech
Four Freedoms articulatedIn 1941 State of the Union Address
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Freedom from Want inspiredBy State of the Union Address (1941)
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