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 ...

Japan and the United States are in the final stage of planning for a meeting between Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and ...

and Great Britain to respond with a declaration of war on Germany. Japan, allied with Britain, followed suit. At first, the United States declared itself officially neutral, and President Woodrow ...

During the twentieth century, as the United States grew into ... theater during World War II and later in Korea and Indochina, and the fear of only a decade ago that Japan might overtake America ...

prompting Japan’s ally Germany to declare war on the United States. The Imperial Japanese Army continues its expansionist ambitions by hurling itself into a series of offensives across Asia.

In one reading, the clause requires Congress to issue a formal declaration of war before the United States may begin hostilities. The more common view among these scholars, however, is that the ...

Before the attack, the United States had remained neutral. The day after the assault, President Franklin D. Roosevelt asked Congress to declare war on Japan, joining the Allies in their fight.