December 7th 1941 - The Imperial Japanese Navy bombs Pearl Harbor.
December 8th 1941 - FDR declares war on Japan, saying no one could have seen this coming. 1/8
December 8th 1941 - FDR declares war on Japan, saying no one could have seen this coming. 1/8
December 11th, 1941 - FDR addresses the nation and says that despite the loss of the Philippines and its entire garrison, he'd give himself and his team a 10 for their outstanding work. 2/8
December 14th 1941 - When asked about the fighting in the Pacific, FDR asks why someone in a safe place like the Midwest should be asked to sacrifice when there is no enemy for miles around. 3/8
December 17th 1941 - FDR reminds the country that 30,000 people die from the flu each year. 4/8
December 20th – When asked what he would say to Americans who are scared he says, “You’re a terrible reporter.” 5/8
December 23rd 1941 - FDR takes to the radio and says that the governor of each state should be procuring their own arms and it’s not fair how he’s been treated. 6/8
December 26th 1941 - FDR points out that he'd only been in office for three years, that he inherited a horrible situation and asks why Herbert Hoover didn't take care of the Japanese threat. 7/8
December 30th 1941 - FDR says America has accomplished tremendous things in such a short amount of time and expects things will be back to normal by Easter. 8/8
