"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.

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Label Occurrences
"Day of Infamy" speech canonical 1
1941 State of the Union Address 1
Infamy Speech 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf political speech ⓘ
speech ⓘ
war address ⓘ
alsoKnownAs "Day of Infamy" speech ⓘ
surface form: Infamy Speech

"Day of Infamy" speech ⓘ
surface form: Pearl Harbor address to the nation
audience American public ⓘ
United States Congress ⓘ
author President Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt
broadcastMedium radio ⓘ
broadcastNetwork U.S. radio networks ⓘ
city Washington, D.C. ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
surface form: World War II era
language English ⓘ
mentions American casualties ⓘ
American naval and air forces ⓘ
Japan ⓘ
surface form: 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 "Day of Infamy" speech self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: U.S. declaration of war on Japan
relatedEvent attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ
surface form: Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

bombing of U.S. naval and military bases in Hawaii ⓘ
relatedPerson Cordell Hull ⓘ
Emperor Hirohito ⓘ
President Harry S. Truman ⓘ
surface form: 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 President Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt
topic Japanese military aggression in the Pacific ⓘ
"Day of Infamy" speech self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: United States declaration of war on Japan

World War II ⓘ
attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ
year 1941 ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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