The state can't declare war, but the president can, and is the one who's suppose to. So that will be the Executive Branch.
War can only be declared by the government. Otherwise it is a insurrection or guerrilla warfare.
WWII was America's LAST declared war.
The US Civil War was an UN-DECLARED war, which commenced in 1861. The Civil War was a war of rebellion against the United States Government; the Confederacy was not recognized as a government; therefore the US did not declare any war against it...we were fighting ourselves. THE U.S. DID NOT DECLARE WAR AGAINST ITSELF.
No president has declared war on Britain. As a colony, the US fought for independence, but the government under the constitution was after that. In any case, Congress is the branch that declares war, and they have not done so.
transformed peacetime industries into war industries
the national government.
The Australian government declared war on Japan Germany and Italy because they're part of the British Commonwealth, the declared war when Britain did. This also applied to New Zealand, South Africa, Canada and India, to name the bigger countries in the Commonwealth.
Martial law can be enacted by any modern country (which has a military & government) at anytime. There is no need of a war for it to be used. Martial law can be declared, at the request of the city, county or state to the highest level of government, when civilian law enforcement can no longer control the crime wave that is happening in their jurisdiction.
Germany declared war on the US, the US then declared war on Germany.
Hitler threatened to declare war on Czechoslovakia because the Czech government declared martial law.
War was declared.
After Japan bombed Pearl Harbor we declared war on them. Germany was an ally of Japan so they declared war on us. Italy was an ally of Germany so they went along with Germany and declared war.