"Day of Infamy" speech

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political speech speech war address

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.

Aliases (5)

1941 State of the Union Address ×1
Infamy Speech ×1
Pearl Harbor address to the nation ×1
U.S. declaration of war on Japan ×1
United States declaration of war on Japan ×1

Statements (50)

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 →
language	English →
mentions	American casualties → American naval and air forces → Empire of 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 →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
"Day of Infamy" speech ("Infamy Speech") → "Day of Infamy" speech ("Pearl Harbor address to the nation") →	alsoKnownAs
Four Freedoms ("1941 State of the Union Address") →	articulatedIn
Franklin D. Roosevelt →	famousSpeech
"Day of Infamy" speech ("U.S. declaration of war on Japan") →	relatedDocument
"Day of Infamy" speech ("United States declaration of war on Japan") →	topic