It was Germany and Italy that first declared war on the U.S.
Declaring war is usually a reciprocal act. One country declares it and then the other one declares it back. You are correct that Italy and Germany declared war on the United States first, but the U.S. congress then issued formal declarations of war against them. My original question still stands, did Roosevelt address the congress personally to ask for those declarations, or did he just send them a written message? Michael Montagne
FDR asked Congress for a Declaration of War which Germany and Italy both reciprocated by making their own declarations of war upon the US .
The last time the US Congress declared war was in WW2; December 11, 1941 on Germany & Italy.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt wanted congress to approve the lend-lease act so he could help Britain and her Allies in the war with Nazis Germany, but without the USA officially entering the war. The USA entered the war when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbour, and Nazis Germany (allied to Japan) declared war on the USA.
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was president when World War II began.
To appease Germany and other axis powers
The US Constitution provides that the congress shall declare war. The congress declared war on Germany when Woodrow Wilson was president in 1917 and when Franklin Delano Roosevelt was president in 1941.
FDR asked Congress for a Declaration of War which Germany and Italy both reciprocated by making their own declarations of war upon the US .
None - it is Congress, not the President, who declare war. Five Presidents have sought and obtained such declarations of war Madison (Gt Britain, 1812) Polk (Mexico, 1846) McKinley (Spain, 1898) Wilson (Germany, Austria-Hungary 1917) FD Roosevelt (Japan, Germany, Italy, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria 1941/42)
The last time the US Congress declared war was in WW2; December 11, 1941 on Germany & Italy.
The day after pearl harbor Roosevelt (FDR) asked congress to declare war on japan.FDR called December 7th "a date which will live in infamy [disgrace]." Germany, an ally of Japan, then declared war on the US.
Congress wouldn't hear of it.
Congress wouldn't hear of it.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt wanted congress to approve the lend-lease act so he could help Britain and her Allies in the war with Nazis Germany, but without the USA officially entering the war. The USA entered the war when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbour, and Nazis Germany (allied to Japan) declared war on the USA.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt wanted congress to approve the lend-lease act so he could help Britain and her Allies in the war with Nazis Germany, but without the USA officially entering the war. The USA entered the war when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbour, and Nazis Germany (allied to Japan) declared war on the USA.
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was president when World War II began.
To appease Germany and other axis powers
WWI - Congress declared war on Germany on April 6, 1917 and Austria-Hungary on December 7, 1917. WWII - Congress declared war on Japan on December 8, 1941, and on Germany and Italy on December 11, 1941.