FDR INFAMY SPEECH ASKING CONGRESS TO DECLARE WAR (12/8/41) - Franklin Delano Roosevelt , WWII 24400
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The Presidential Address to Congress on December 8, 1941. Known as the Infamy Speech, it was delivered at 12:30 p.m. that day to a Joint Session of Congress by United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt, one day after the Empire of Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor Naval Base, Hawaii. Roosevelt famously describes the previous day as "a date which will live in infamy." Within an hour of the speech, Congress passed a formal declaration of war against Japan and officially brought the U.S. into World War II. The address is regarded as one of the most famous American political speeches of the 20th century.
Text: "Yesterday, December 7, 1941-a date which will live in infamy-the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan."
"The United States was at peace with that Nation and, at the solicitation of Japan, was still in conversation with its Government and its Emperor looking toward the maintenance of peace in the Pacific. Indeed, one hour after Japanese air squadrons had commenced bombing in the American Island of Oahu, the Japanese Ambassador to the United States and his colleague delivered to our Secretary of State a formal reply to a recent American message. And while this reply stated that it seemed useless to continue the existing diplomatic negotiations, it contained no threat or hint of war or of armed attack."
"It will be recorded that the distance of Hawaii from Japan makes it obvious that the attack was deliberately planned many days or even weeks ago. During the intervening time the Japanese Government has deliberately sought to deceive the United States by false statements and expressions of hope for continued peace."
"The attack yesterday on the Hawaiian Islands has caused severe damage to American naval and military forces. I regret to tell you that very many American lives have been lost. In addition American ships have been reported torpedoed on the high seas between San Francisco and Honolulu."
"Yesterday the Japanese Government also launched an attack against Malaya.
Last night Japanese forces attacked Hong Kong.
Last night Japanese forces attacked Guam.
Last night Japanese forces attacked the Philippine Islands.
Last night the Japanese attacked Wake Island. And this morning the Japanese attacked Midway Island."
"Japan has, therefore, undertaken a surprise offensive extending throughout the Pacific area. The facts of yesterday and today speak for themselves. The people of the United States have already formed their opinions and well understand the implications to the very life and safety of our Nation."
"As Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy I have directed that all measures be taken for our defense."
"But always will our whole Nation remember the character of the onslaught against us."
"No matter how long it may take us to overcome this premeditated invasion, the American people in their righteous might will win through to absolute victory. I believe that I interpret the will of the Congress and of the people when I assert that we will not only defend ourselves to the uttermost but will make it very certain that this form of treachery shall never again endanger us."
"Hostilities exist. There is no blinking at the fact that our people, our territory, and our interests are in grave danger."
"With confidence in our armed forces-with the unbounding determination of our people-we will gain the inevitable triumph- so help us God."
"I ask that the Congress declare that since the unprovoked and dastardly attack by Japan on Sunday, December 7, 1941, a state of war has existed between the United States and the Japanese Empire."
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He basically said: You just messed with the wrong country and we are coming for you
GottJäger you yeed your last haw partner
Fake news
@@omega0195 is probably is probably living off of welfare and food stamps right now.
F L bruh you think Pearl Harbor was fake? You’re the flat earther tf
@@johnirish2969 he just stated his opinion on emojis there is something called freedom of speech ever heard of it? Like damn you must be sensitive
it’s kinda weird to see how powerful America is when all of our citizens are in the same side
@Æonatia false people were not just as divided then. FDR won the 1936 election in one of the greatest landslides in American history
well when you have 130 Million People with a common goal...
Social media and media have seperated us
Every country is a beast when a guge percentage of it's people are determined!! Just like the Vietnam War where those people handed the ultra powerful and technological giant America, their first defeat.... A very bad one indeed!!
@Denam
Because they liked him
Waking a sleeping giant is the right words
I like what you did there
Jakob Mccarty "and filled him with a terrible resolve."
That's exactly how Japanese Vice-Admiral Yamamoto put it after the attack!
@@PCCphoenix behind every blade of grass lies an American with a rifle .
@Joe Plummer I'll be behind the blade of grass next to you brother .
Almost 80 years later and it is still one of the most electrifying speeches in American history
Watching speeches of some current presidents, he makes them look crap.
As usual - a "democrat" warmonger.
@@herpderp3131 with your bullshit thinking America wouldn't even exist anymore.
@@herpderp3131 "warmonger" 💀 bruh fdr wanted the US to be isolationist and don't even take part in ww2
@@zhongxina9420 Roosevelt was desperate for war with Germany and Japan.
He just sounds so pissed....so emotional...
One of my favorite presidents ever.
+TehAnnahFoo He was a communist and the worst president we've ever had. He set the ponzi scheme known as Social Security, which is full of fraud, eats up a third of the US budget, and will be bankrupt in the coming decades. He backed the communist Russians in WWII, who killed more people than Hitler could ever dream, and did more damage to eastern Europe than Hitler. A good president would have found a way to keep the US out of WWII altogether. However, it was a good speech.
+Mitch Jestice So that after Hitler conquered Europe. He could declare war on the US and crush us.
Lol. The Bretton Woods Agreement gave the USA a monopoly on currency, and the economic infrastructure of the entire rest of the world was destroyed, giving the USA a complete economic monopoly. WWII was 100% the cause of the USA getting out of the Great Depression, it had 0% to do with FDR's terrible policies. I have degrees in finance and accounting, and I'm smarter than you could ever dream of being, which is why I own a million dollar business at 27 years old.
jaryn ellis Hitler was evil, he was just less evil than Stalin. Germany would never have crushed the US, they couldn't even launch an invasion and conquer England, just across the little English Channel. The entire thing would have played out similar to the Cold War, only dealing with Germany controlling Western Europe, as opposed to Russia controlling Eastern Europe.
+Mitch Jestice Do you normally find yourself needing self-validation on the internet by bragging to strangers about your money and degrees? Why do you take CZcams so seriously?
FDR was in a wheelchair. When he stood at all it was out of determination and courage . He was a great great man.
Shirley D he had metal braces in his legs to help him stand
still cool
David Lee Yeah his Polio had damaged his legs so much that even with the braces he had a very difficult time standing.
My favorite president
He was an asshole but this was a good speech.
You can feel how pissed off he is in the delivery of his words.
eagle chick yeah well, it was the only way to get USA to enter WW2 since most of US citizens opposed going to another world war that time. The attacked of Pearl Harbour was necessary for the US to enter WW2 and it helped turn the tide of WW2 especially in Pacific theatre.
@@eaglechick9494 FDR didn't want so sent the ship back, he had no choice because of laws passed by the Republican congress and president in 1924. Even the american jewish community didn't support aiding all the jews coming from europe. But it was FDR that lead the welcoming of a lot of jewish refugees after the Kristalnacht in 1938.
And if he knew of the attack ahead of time, why woudn't he have ordered all ships to leave the harbor and go on some kind of patrol along the west coast? The Japanese would still attack pearl harbor, and the reaction of the US public would be the same: war would be declared, but then without the loss of the ships that sank in the real pearl harbor attack. So no, if you think logically he didnt knew of the pearl harbor attack, and the opinion of your supposed teacher doesnt change anything to that.
And no, FDR was no racist (neither was LBJ, he ended segregation by passing the civil rights act, a really unracist thing to do). And FDR only "forced" taxes on the people it it was necessary to get the economy out of the great depression. And even then, he mostly taxed the richer parts of the US.
FDR was reelected 4 times. He brought the black population into the democratic party. It he had forced so many taxes on peopel, and if he was racist, how did he manage to get elected 4 (!!!) times? Clearly the people of the US loved him.
Haha eagle chick has deleted all of their comments now
Remember the economic crisis. This is their get out of jail free card.
James Henderson It wasn’t an ensured attack. They had gotten word that an attack would be inevitable.
FDR did not declare war. He asked the Congress to declare war.
+Jeffrey E. Salzberg Congress has to declare war, a president can not.
+Just Me Yes. That's my point.
+Just Me *had | We kinda changed that recently
Cuz presidents cannot declare war only congress can the president only get to send in troops or not
Umm Yeah That law was changed recently
Three days after this speech, Adolf Hitler declares war on the United States in an act of insanity.
Michael Breen One of a number of strategic blunders by the Corporal. Dunkirk is another. Letting the French Fleet sit idle in occupied France, another. Stalingrad/Leningrad/Moscow triple offensive, with an army not equipped for winter fighting, still another. Failure to put Germany on a wartime economic footing, another. It's a long, long list...
Like being a one-trick pony. Hitler's only strategy was Blitzkrieg.
Michael Breen Hitler was forced with a Tripartite agreement between Tokyo Rome and Berlin of course all three countries were insane fascist empires which the USA forced liberal democracy now they are the most liberal democratic countries in teh world Japan's Article 9 of the Constitution bans war
yes but it was still a democracy Japan and Germany at the time were fascist countries. The foundation of the United Nations also happened after the war
PeriscopeFilm As far as Dunkirk goes, Hitler didn't have a choice. His units were running low on fuel and supplies. Agreed on Operation Barbarossa, though.
“Yesterday, December 7th, 1941, a date which will live in infamy…” gives me chills every time I hear it
But always remember the character of the armed slaugh........😢😢😢
The United States attacked without declaring war in the Gulf of Tonkin incident. America has no right to blame Japan.
"You picked the wrong house, fool!"
Rip all those who died at Pearl Harbor 75 years ago.
Amen
Its close to be 76 now
Some are still alive, eg richard overton
Amen
Rip to people who died in hiroshmina and nagasaki bombings and still are suffering, Rip 50000 civilian who died under operation infinte reach.
Germany: "Dude. What did you just do?!"
Japan: "Oh, uhhh... I bombed Pearl Harbour."
Germany: "YOU *_W H A T ? ! "_*
**USA Has joined the game**
And stupid Hitler declared war on the U.S.A.
They awoke a sleeping giant... and paid the price :/
Hitler had no reason to declare war on the U.S.A. Now if the United States attacked Japan, he had reason to declare war on the former because they atacked the latter and Japan was Germany's ally. Hitler's declaration of war on the United States on Japan's behalf was the only time in his life that he honored a comittment to an ally. BUT IT WAS A COMITTMENT THAT HE DIDN'T HAVE TO HONOR!!!!!!
@Conor Well Japan didn't declare war on the USSR on Germany's behalf. Mussolini's Italy didn't want to declare war on the United States. but was pressured by Hitler to do so. The British and the Americans wanted the Soviet Union to declare war on Japan, but Stalin streadfastly refused until August 1945 when he told the Japanese ambassdor in Moscow shortly after Hiroshima that the USSR would declare war on Japan and attack the Japanese Army in Manchuria.
Japan attacks Pearl Harbor.
USA: You picked the wrong house fool!
This and Churchill's "We Shall Fight in the Beaches" always get me everytime and give me goosebumps.
Every word spoken carried in them the heaviness of the resolve and absolute determination to do whatever it takes to win the war.
Dear Sir / Madam, Winston Churchill - the cultural bigot-cum-international traitor who betrayed Southeast Asia in order to save his own skin during WW2, should never be regarded in the same noble standing as Franklin D Roosevelt. WC the Racist's perfunctory wartime speech could only be applied to his homeland, the United Kingdom, and nowhere else.
They both give me goose bumps
We fought the wrong enemy.
@@MarkHarrison733japan was more brutal than the germans
@@FrangkyMind Japan had never ratified the Geneva Convention.
A true Commander in Chief! God bless!
+Sarah May Women with large foreheads are sexy
+Sarah May - Yes, FDR was one of the Greatest leaders in the America history !
+srtw srtw that's why he had a 12 year term. My patience tell me he's the best
Actually he was a horrible President but this is a day we remember
John Spina 😂😂😂😂😂😂
My great grandfather, James Ward Brendel, my favorite great grandparent, was at Pearl harbor. His group wasn't attacked until 38 minutes later, and he was going to fight at Midway, but his group was told to go back to Pearl harbor. By the way, he was Native American. RIP Grandpa Jim, March 18, 1919-March 2, 1996, he died of lung cancer. 😭
I love people that lived in that era
R.I.P Grandpa Jim
Gisselle Penaloza He's not your great grandpa, he's mine.
Charlie Buck Just showing respect Charlie.
Gisselle Penaloza Thanks.
5:17 Never fails to give me chills. There's no reason we can't be like this again!
People would never support an imperialist war now.
A few tidbits for context: First, Dec. 7th, 1941 was a Sunday -- FDR's speechwriters were away for the weekend. Under the circumstances it was complete chaos in the White House as people tried to figure out exactly what was happening and which immediate responses to take. Of course, FDR also knew that he would have to appear before congress the next day, so, in spite of everything else which was going on, he also had to prepare a speech. FDR being FDR, he simply wrote one of the great speeches in American history -- with no input from the professional speechwriters. Second, for FDR the biggest challenge in holding the speech was not the speech itself: it was just getting to the podium. When you are completely paralysed from the waist down this can be a problem. At the end of the clip you can see FDR moving away from the podium to the (viewer's) left: he actually appears to be walking, which was a bit of a tricky illusion to perfect. He's doing it all with his arms and upper body -- he's using the cane in his right hand and his son's arm at his left, effectively as two parallel bars as he swivels his upper body to get his legs, encased in two heavy and painful steel braces, to swing forward so that it will look as if he were walking. It was difficult to do, and he and his sons could keep it up for just a few minutes at a time. When "standing" at the podium he is supporting himself with his arms as much as possible -- this is why he makes so few hand gestures and instead vigorously nods or shakes his head for emphasis. All the best for Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day on this its 75th anniversary.
Excellent comment.
The snarky replies on the page -- so inappropriate. People who do not read and learn about history are doomed to repeat it. We think we are so savvy with our tech devices. We aren't. Seeing that time through your present lens is a mistake, plain and simple. Your comment adds to our understanding of that time. Present day leaders do not write their words, as FDR did. We were fortunate to have him then. Thanks so much.
Well said Marilyn Jess! FDR in my opinion was one of our best presidents!
I can't believe, therefore that one of my former co-workers actually has the gall to call him one of our worst! Can you believe it!?
I know! FDR did so much for our country with the Great Depression and the "Works Act." Not to mention he hold this country together during WWII until his untimely death.
A time when we were The UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
@@eaglechick9494 "Thousands were killed by the Dems' KKK." Yep and then Kennedy rebranded the party and all those KKK Dems switched parties. "FDR murdered millions of Jews by his actions and inaction." Do you have some kind of sympathy for Hitler or what? Yes, we could have saved more people but to go from that to 'FDR murdered millions' is to let the real perpetrators off the hook for THEIR crimes. NOT AMERICAN CRIMES. THEIR CRIMES. Those were some pretty weak - and morally reprehensible - arguments you just put forward. Also, I'm no kind of Democrat so save your breath when you respond.
Yes! Sir
@@Howlingburd19 Gun violence (and almost all other crime) in the US is actually at its lowest point in decades. The media is just all about fearmongering now so they make it seem like its getting worse.
@@boner638
"all those KKK Dems switched parties"
No. Robert Byrd, a kkk member, was a life time democrat and the longest serving democratic senator in the history of the USA. He was even made president pro tempore, the 4th highest politician in the US, by his fellow democratic senators.
@@Howlingburd19 Some say the reason why the country is disunited is because of the Cultural Marxism beginning in the 1960's
Legendary man. Watching this speech and looking at the sad partisan bickering that American politics have come to now, is genuinely depressing.
Amen to that. We had giants now we have lawn gnomes 😢
"The American people in their righteous might, will win through to absolute victory."
sounds a whole lot like totalen krieg
And we did! The second atomic bomb was dropped on August 9, 1945. Several days later Japan surrendered. They started it, we finished it.
@@thekey1175Don't start none, won't be none
@@benn454 is keeping to yourself and then America attacking you and committing acts of terrorism starting some?
@@thekey1175 Launching a surprise attack and killing over 2,000 people is keeping to yourself?
It is still one of the greatest speeches ever delivered. Period.
RIP to the victims of Pearl Harbor
They crossed over quickly and mercifully, I think.
@James Henderson Japan attacked without declaration of war.
@@user-yo5pz5rg4h Yes there is, emperor hirohito declaration of war was written in america's newspapers.
"December 7, 1941. A date which will live in infamy...No matter how long it may take us to overcome this premeditated invasion, the American people, in their righteous might, will win through to absolute victory."--- President Franklin D. Roosevelt, December 8, 1941
InGen_Nate_Kenny then after 4 years of bloody war with The America might ( atomic bombs) ended the war.
And FDR never lived to see the final victory.
@James Henderson No, it was the atomic bomb. The Americans wouldv'e won the war even if the Soviet Union didn't declare on the Japanese Empire by invading Manchuria. It just sped up the war to a faster conclusion. The Americans attempted to drop another atomic bomb on Japan. But because of Japan's surrender it never happened. Thank God.
@James Henderson Eisenhower was opposed to dropping the Atom Bomb on Japan because he felt Japan was going to surrender anyway to us sooner or later. But if the Atom Bomb had not been dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, there would have to be a full scale Allied invasion of the Japanese mainland which would cost a million and half casualties and we couldn't allow that. Where did you learn that Eisenhower comfirmed that atomic bombinghad nothing to do with Japan's surrender?
@James Henderson Wrong, it was agreed on May 25, 1945 by American leaders that an invasion of Japan would take on November 5, of that year.
This is the first time I have seen the whole speech.
FDR had a sense of history. He had already been through so much with this country. He made a good, memorable statement.
Best leader trough the history, feel so bad he died so short time before the war ended, he really deserved to see democracies victory and peace
James Henderson true but they weren’t the only country that suffered under the axis powers. I agree the Soviets were dicks and what they did to Eastern Europe was terrible but there were many countries that ended the war liberated from both the Nazis and the Soviets with America to thank for that.
James Henderson Had they not intervened the Soviets might have extended their control to the Atlantic. The Nazis were falling no matter what, all that mattered was who would fill the power vacuum when they did.
James Henderson
You are forgetting who we were fighting, NAZI GERMANY. There wouldn’t BE an Eastern Europe, it would all be Germany or German puppets, millions of people herded to death camps for being “inferior”, totalitarian regime.
Life on the Eastern side of the Iron Curtain would never ever be as bad as life in Nazi Germany, at least if you aren’t “the master race”.
Also, Nazi Germany most likely would have fell to the Soviet Union either way no US intervention = ALL of Europe is communist
@James Henderson Oh holy shit you actually believe we should have helped the damn Nazis. I said that as a hypothetical idea in another comment chain to you, I scroll down about three comments and here it is. You're a few screws short of a workbench, friend.
Not so much. His love for Communist Russia and tolerating Josep Stalin Holodomor is sickening.
This man was ONE of the greatest leaders of a country and he is on my list of top 4.
+Fallout_guy88 So who else…Lincoln…Washington…Reagan?
+IS 2 Lol what problems?
+PeriscopeFilm No my second is Margret Thatcher, my third is Putin and my last is Churchill.
+IS 2 Trickle down economics does work, I'm pretty sure around 19 million jobs were created because of Reagan
Reagan did not help the Taliban, he helped the mujahideen which were the Afghan rebels to the Soviets during the Soviet-Afghan war, some of them broke off and became the Taliban. If Reagan saw the future and knew about that, I'm sure he would not have helped them.
What dictators did he help lol? How many dictators are we allies with?
Sure he spent a lot on the military, but look what he did, he caused the Soviet Union to overspend as well and that was one of the reasons they collapsed, Reagan ended the Cold War.
Even if all these problems were true, then there was 4 presidents after him. They all should've fixed those problems you speak of lol.
+IS 2 it clearly did work, the economy did great with it. Like I said, it created many jobs, somewhere between 12-19 million, idk the exact number. He didn't just arm them with no further info, like I said, nobody knew they would become the Taliban or Al Qaeda, they didn't hate the west like they started to in the 90s. Reagan helped end the Cold War with the overspending, Gorbachev helped also, it was a combination of both.
I also pray for our Military every single day!
+mr percy Thank you
+mr percy yes pray for the military that killed 1 million innocent people in iraq
+Noble THANK YOU NOBLE ! By Design the party controlled media and political hacks help American's "forget" that CONGRESS was fully involved with the 9/11 actions of the government, and STILL get away with the "blame Bush" mantra for everything. The men and women in uniform, no matter the side they are on, Never get their due. We are always the ones left holding the bag by politicians and armchair quarterbacks. Hey Johnmich Morsisfd ! ! ! While your at it blame the WW1 allies who set up the 'agreement' that ended that war but set up the next, WW2's Axis powers and the Allies as well as governments and businesses the world over. Whether they knew it or not, they set the stage, painted themselves into a corner and ended up rudely awakening the sleeping giant. Then, to add insult to injury, our own swelled head politicians allowed the painting of a big fat target on America's back for generations to come.
+Terry Russel I agree with You!
+mr percy i'm not one to to bash religion, but please don't act like you're actually doing something. if you really want to help, donate resources or money...
"I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve". Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto. -mikenotpaula
Whether Yamamoto said exactly that, he had argued, hard, against going to war with the US. According to SE Morison, Yamamoto said, roughly, "During the first year of war, I will run wild across the Pacific. Then it will turn. Then it will become very bad and we may lose our existence. Cannot this war be avoided?" (I think it's in Morison's volume one)
@James Henderson Japan Chose war when they attacked Pearl Harbor.
@James Henderson No he didn't.
@James Henderson shut up u bullshit spreader
@James Henderson I love that your only "proof" that even comes close to relevance is an American mercenary group called the Flying Tigers that had no affiliation with the American government. Oh and the hull note of course, sent three days before the attack. So sure, let's just move a hundred warships all in different states of repair and combat readiness out of Pearl Harbor in three days. The hull note was sent far too late for anyone to do anything about it. Japan attacked the U.S. and caused a war they couldn't win, period.
Back again on this historic day to watch this speech.
Every year.
Such a powerful voice! I’m here for the memorial and to remember all who didn’t make it past that day. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 o7
Every year I come back here to watch this historic speech! RIP to all those that have served and paid the ultimate price in our military.
One of the best presidents of the United States
Amen to that. We became a superpower for the first time under FDR. There's a reason he was elected FOUR times.
Jeffrey Fazio wasn’t the only reason he was elected 4 times
FDR wasn’t the BEST, but he was definitely was GREAT. He did good to handle the USA in time of war. He did trap Japanese people in camps, but aside from that, he was good.
NYGamer the Best president*
James Henderson u sure?
Wow that gave me goosebumps.
goosebumps of patriotism :) don worry you aint the only one
When you write a speech you need to get 5 things accomplished. You must convey who, what, when, where and why. FDR did it in one sentence.
"Yesterday, December 7th, 1941, a date that will live in infamy, the United States was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the empire of Japan."
But where's the "why" part.
+WillyWeird he does mention throughout the speech that the attack was pretty much uncalled for, guess that takes the "why" out of the question.
Another thing is a speech must do is to convey emotions and to convey intentions. The most moving speeches are the ones such as this.
@James Henderson How does an American mercenary group called the Flying Tigers helping China fight the Japanese translate to Japan attacking the US? Your comment is full of bull. Conspiracy theories are just that, they're theories. They arent true until after proven by facts.
@James Henderson American Aviator Claire Lee Chennault (Leader of the Flying Tigers mercanary group) did in fact plan to bomb Japan using American planes (planes the Flying Tigers won't need extra training to fly). Really, you're saying that FDR has any say in what a civilian mercenary group does? How quaint. I highly suggest you look up everyone and everything involved before making your claims.
God, we need men like FDR today more than ever. If he could see what has become of our country he would cry.
I was thinking the same thing
@@Alex-xf5ux but in different time
Especially since a fairy like D. Trump was elected
FDR gave the world Communism.
You can hear the anger and sorrow in his voice
Franklin D. Roosevelt, like his cousin Theodore Roosevelt, he was a navy man at heart and half his Pacific fleet was just destroyed. He was there when they laid the keel of the USS. Arizona, his pride and joy and it was now at the bottom of Battleship row.
And to top it all off the Japanese had just attacked them while they had their pants down, and all the ships were neatly set in a way that made them perfect targets.
All those ships damaged or sunk during the Pearl Harbor attack (with the exception of the USS Arizona) were repaired and went on to serve during WW2. So I guess the joke was on the Japanese.
@@kiwitrainguy Also, our aircraft carriers were at sea, and out of harm's way. Perhaps we knew what was about to happen...
@@JXS63J either that or we got really lucky. The conspiracy theorist in me says it was an inside job. The optimist say it was 100% unadulterated luck.
Such a powerful speech by a true leader of this nation. The country needed that security back then. We could use it now.
“A state of war has existed between the United States and the Japanese Empire.”
With those words, the American people went to war with Japan and forever changed the history of the world. Truly one of the landmark speeches of FDR’s tenure as our President. He will always be one of the most eloquent, charismatic, and formidable men to ever lead this Republic, and he stands alongside Washington, Lincoln, Eisenhower, and Reagan as one of the five greatest presidents in history.
reagan is far from one of the greatest presidents...just a bunch of people bought his shit because he was funny
2,403 people died at Pearl Harbor
1,177 on the USS Arizona
403 on the USS Oklahoma
48 non-sailors
And people whine more about 9/11
Eavy Eavy 9/11 has a higher death count than Pearl Harbor. 9/11 is a little bit less than 3,000.
It's crazy that 1 ship carries over a thousand people
@@eavyeavy2864 People "whine" more about 9/11 because it was recent and it is still fresh on our memory, well I was a sperm when 9/11 happen but it still.
Back again, I watch this speech every Dec 7. RIP to all those that lost their lives on this tragic day all those years ago.
Japan: *Attacks US*
Franklin D. Roosevelt: *your free trial of being alive has ended*
James Henderson b r u h
James Henderson That piece of propaganda? The one that ignores the horrific violence and brutality of the conquest of the Philippines, Hong Kong, Wake Island, the Dutch East Indies, Malaya, China, Korea, and all the other terrible shit that even had Nazi ambassadors condemn them.
bruh
can you just
not argue in my comments thread okthanks
we nuke you a million times
@@henrymudgett2646 like Switzerland we were neutral still picking up the pieces of the union after WW1. After the people saw the death toll the U. S. did not want a round two. But when we were so senselessly attacked we had to respond (giving us this wonderful and powerful speech). And due to the treaty between the Axis, Italy and Germany just days later declared war on the U.S.A . thus giving us the two WW2 war theaters; the pacific theater and the European theater .
Today is the 80th anniversary of pearl harbor, tommorrow is the 80th of this beauty
Notice that FDR did not declare war here. Instead, he asked the US Congress to declare that a state of war existed between the US and Japan, and then the President gave his signature of approval to the declaration. How times have changed!
Chris: Times have changed, BUT the U.S. Constitution has not. Roosevelt knew that it REQUIRES Congress to declare war (Article 1, Section 8)
Truman did declare war on North Korea in 1950 without Congressional approval. We didn't officially declare war on North Vietnam in the 60's either.
@James Henderson America declared war on Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania on June 5, 1942 for being part of the Axis. I just looked it up.
@James Henderson it was an undeclared war. And I don't think we fired on Italian U Boats. the Italians didn't have much a navy to begin with; their Army was even worse. They didn't have a bad air force though. Not as good as the German, British, Japanese and American air forces.
@James Henderson Is there documentary evidence that the United States declared war on Germany in September 1941. Did Congress approve a declaration of war on Germany that month? I don't think so. If such a document existed that September 11, 1941, I'd like to know, but I do know this; Hitler declared war on the U.S. exactly three months to the day that the U.S. supposedly declared war on Germany like you said. We didn't officially declare on Communist North Vietnam in August 1964 with the Gulf of Tonkin Incident. Nevertheless, President Johnson continued to send troops to fight the NVA and the Vietcong and all for nought. By the beginning of 1968 500,000 U.S. serviceman were in Vietnam.
Boy, was he pissed when he gave this speech. The way he flips the pages of his speech over gives it away.
Yes. I managed to find an uncut version of this speech. Thank you for uploading this.
It should be worrisome that this speech has only 1 million views. This should be mandatory listening for every child.
Blah me...I love, respect & grateful for the United States. Thank you
I always watch this before the gym. Better than any preworkout.
FDR was the most underrated speaker in history, his ability to give powerful speeches has sadly been forgotten. And to think he wrote the speech himself, it's a shame his writing and speaking talent has been lost with time.
this is so cool to watch. thanks for sharing!
THIS is how you read a speech--and write it--to inspire people!!
Bloody war. Glad Japan are friends, today.
We thought they were friends on Dec 7, 1941. That's why FDR said, we'll never forget the character...
Actually we didn't. After they started attacking manchuria and taking over oceania and asia in 1933 we stopped sending them oil which was an incentive for their attack.
Same I need my anime
DontCloudMe Please We weren't friends on December 6th. FDR found out about the brutality the Japanese were inflicting on the Chinese people and realized that they were using American oil to run their war machines so he stopped supplying them with oil in hope of disabling their war machine. Japan didn't and still doesn't have enough oil to run their army without foreign trade. He called it treachery because we were still negotiating a peaceful way to end our differences. unbeknownst to the Americans they were planning to attack us and the peaceful negotiations were set up to fool us.
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Back again to listen to this historic speech! RIP all those that have fought and died for our country.
I have never heard or read the full speech. Thank you for saving and sharing this historic footage.
Too bad we didn't have leaders like this for the past 3 decades! FDR was my all time favorite president.
If you take the time to learn about his life and his personal struggles, you will applicate this speech even more.
FDR was truly an amazing leader and American, I'm happy this is posted on CZcams to give younger people a
view of this truly great moment in American history!
What do you mean in the past 3 decades? Who do believe was the last best president 3 decades ago?
@@67nairb generally speaking
Ronald Reagan?@@Power-Ads
Gives me chills to listen to this. Always does.
idk if its just patriotism or just me imagining how people felt when they heard this speech knowing what he was going to say and that feeling of when he would say that we declare war but i get chills when he asks to declare war and I tell myself if only the enemy knew......
also we should invent a machine to revive this great man :)
Gerardo Pacheco True a million times better than Trump .
The whole country listened on radio. My parents always remembered it like it was yesterday. The most impactful moment of their lives. Bigger than JFK, bigger than 9/11. My dad pointed out that most of the whole year of 1942 was awful, we lost battle after battle after battle.
why do you want to bring Trump into this? You Demcraps just can not except your loss as yet
@@andrewcruz3814 I'd say he's the same as Trump. They deeply care about the US. If you have an issue with Trump, oh well, doesn't mean you should compare him to other leaders.
It’s always so interesting watching these clips, it’s like watching through a portal to another time.
thank you for having this on your site!
It's a shame that FDR would not live to see peace again. Hopefully he died knowing the positive impact he left on the world.
“No matter how long it may take us to overcome this premeditated invasion the American people, in their righteous might, will win through to absolute victory.”
I had the honor of visiting the Memorial at Pearl Harbor since I went to HI for my 30th birthday in 2003. It is built over the sunk USS Arizona whose rusty smoke stacks still are above water and oil is still leaking from the ships, you can see it still floating on the water. Its the most solemn Memorial I have ever seen. A wall inside has the names of those boys who died that day and have a like 4 square foot area which looks down into the harbor where the main sec of the ship is (since those who died on the AZ died still inside the ship that awful day). They give you a flower to drop in memory of the fallen. It's beautiful and gut wrenching all in one. It really sticks with you, I cried my eyes out. We must never forget Pearl Harbor!
What are you crying for? At Pearl, besides the memorial, you have their names and their bodies, and a sense of closure. In Hiroshima, while you do have a memorial, you don't have most of their names and you don't have their bodies. They were atomized. Plus, those who died at Pearl were military, while those who died in Hiroshima, as well as Nagasaki, Tokyo, Nürnberg and other cities were mostly civilians, in the hundreds of thousands. The victims of the criminal incendiary bombings and atom bombings perpetrated by the Allied War Criminals against the peoples of Germany and Japan represent the unsung holocausts (lit. sacrifice by fire) of WW2.
My grandfather, Edward Alva Erikson (USN) and great uncle, Arthur J. Montigney (USMC) fought in the Pacific and European theaters. RIP grandpa and Uncle Art.
So did my grandfather (Army) who fought in France and Austria, but sadly died several years ago. God bless both of our grandfathers and all those who fought to save this world from tyranny.
Eighty years on. An incredible moment.
Probably my favorite speech, rip all the young Americans that died today 79 years ago
now 80 years
They had indeed awoken a sleeping giant, and had instilled in him a great resolve
Thanks, have a nice day.
History.
Anyone watching on December 7, 2018???
Yes!
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Is anyone here watching this on ether 7th or 8th of December 2021?
And it's quite hard to believe that it's been 80 years since Japanese attacked Pearl Harbour
Most only remember the starting lines of this great speech but it is really eloquent from start to finish.
This is powerful! We must learn our history!
Coming back 9 years later. 2/24/22. A day which will live in infamy. Russia just invaded Ukraine this morning. This could possibly be the start WW3…. Hopefully 9 years later there will be peace. Prayers to Ukraine
Watching from the us base of Okinawa in Japan
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Every time i listen to this speech it gives me chills, i mean, imagine waking up the next morning and listening to this live, knowing that your country is now in war. crazy stuff.
It’s tradition to return to events when a sequel is announced, like the super bowl half time shows, or old game trailers when a new one comes out, or watching this now that WW3 is about to begin 🤷🏼♂️
Just realized--Both FDR and Churchill ran the Navy departments in their countries, I know that affected them greatly whenever the Navy was attacked. I listen to this speech every year on December 7. It was a date where many lives changed direction. This was brilliantly written, and delivered.
FDR was Assistant Secretary of the Navy and Churchill was First Lord of the Admiralty…and FDR followed in Theodore Roosevelt’s footsteps…he was also Assistant Secretary of the Navy…
an episode of The Waltons brought me here. when i heard that speech before on audio, i felt i stepped back in time and felt i was there. it was a strong speech.
Gotta love and learn our history. A rare time I'm appreciative of youtube.
When giants strode the earth!
Balls , real balls , FDR a true Leader commander
Thanks mr. Franklin. Love from Indonesia
My great grandma remembers this!
Watching this calms me during the COVID-19. Just so I can be reminded of the character and values on which our country was built instead of whatever is going on now 😂
Great speech. Great president, not like now.They should learn from him.
R.I.P. Mr President.
I get chills every time I watch this
I heard this speech many times, But today I have the opportunity to SEE the man who spoke these great words. And the declaration of War against Japanese imperialism.
To quote Admiral Yamamoto: "I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve."
That is when Yamamoto understood that they had done goofed up, for the next years, the U.S. will totally anialiate them, in fact, there was a plan to invade Japanese minland before the nukes came.
Yamamoto spent considerable time in the US and knew the American mindset. He also knew about American industry and what they were capable of doing. How the war was going to end was clear to him.
Commander and Chief of the Greatest Generation! They kicked ass! They really did! God Bless 'em all! The US surprised Japan at how quickly the country mobilized! 'The sleeping giant awakens!'
Can you imagine actually watching this in person?? Must've been a crazy feeling.
Goosebumps!!!
One of my dads' last commanding officers, Rear Admiral [2 star]Ralph Cooke, was on one of the last PT boats out of Corregidor Island as a Ensign and ended up in Australia. Also my uncle Jean Payne Marine [SSGT] was seriously wounded by Japanese artillery during the battle to take Iwo Jima.
What a great speech. Every year on this date I play it just to remind myself of this terrible incident. I always think about how this is the last time the United States actually declared war. I know there have been wars since but that is the last time a state of war was passed by Congress. It actually makes me think the president has way too much power. I'm not talking about Obama, I mean the office of the presidency. The president is actually allowed to wage a war without Congress actually declaring war on another nation. To me, that is a scary thought.
+James Neilson I agree. I always tell folks NOT EVER to vote for an incumbent without serious consideration. However, if the sheeple want to vote themselves into a voluntary dictatorship, then that's what they deserve. It's good to know that there's folks like you out there - true citizens - who actually think about this kind of thing.
+James Neilson Our country certainly wasn't set up that way. Take for instance Party systems. Most of the Founders warned us not to allow them. George Washington made a point of declaring that a two party system was especially dangerous and would strangle U.S. to death ! And that's what's Just look at what's happening right now in this country ! It boils down to Lazy voters and the media who fall into lock step with corrupt, power mad, greedy politicians with the seemingly absolute power to bribe and/or bully U.S. All by wielding a Now confiscatory tax system. Among other things implemented during WW2, We the People should NEVER have allowed the government continued access to American payrolls for tax deductions after the war.
+Terry Russel sorry about the editing/proof reading. The cat wanted out.
+James Neilson The ability of the president to wage war without Congressional approval was a power created with the War Powers Act, which was passed after the Gulf of Tonkin Incident, and used to fight the Vietnam War. You can thank President Lyndon Johnson (Democrat) for that expansion of power.
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. . . Along with many other nefarious traps, like the Great Society Legislation that put the once very well managed and secure Social "Security" system (another UN-Constitutional joke on U.S. from a Democrat) into the General Fund to be used to buy votes and put a government check at the head of Millions of dinner tables instead of parents ! Now the "lock box" contains a stack of IOU's from a Congress that has been effectively controlled by the Democrats for approximately 80 of the last 100 years.
This really gives me goosebumps.....
Fascinating to watch
FDR was one of the top 3 presidents in American history,and one of the top 10 in fact leaders in all of world history.
He was as tough as nails.
Both in domestic and foreign affairs.
He knew who his enemies were in this country,as he fought for the American worker,industry and to make the American dream possible in his time,once again possible for all Americans,not just the very wealthy.
He had no illusions about them compromising with him,or working with him,for the good of the country.
He knew self interest and profit above all else,was their concept of America.
A vision,the absolute opposite,of what made America,the greatest nation on Earth.
He didn't want to call them decent.
He didn't want to have empty,lunch or dinners that went nowhere,but laughs all around the table.
In fact,he wanted them as his enemies,because then he knew he was doing his job as president right,for the American people.
He was even more tough with America enemies abroad.
There was no wishy washy about the man.
Even,if America wasn't ready yet,he knew he still had to do what was neccessary,to protect America from it's destruction,by enemy forces,if he was right about the mortal danger our nation faced.
Well,he wasn't wrong.
And both internally and externally he rebuilt the world on the cornerstone of the American dream being our inheritance,as Americans for all of us,not just the chosen and very wealthy few and on internationally,our nation's resources and treasury being used to secure our nation as the defender of freedom,liberty and evonomic rights for all people,throughout the world.
Those that stood in his way,on either front had better watch out.
He saved our nation economically and internationally and made us the superpower we became
But to often,after he left the scene,sadly before he could put it all in peace,on firmer ground,fate took him.
And slowly,over the years our nation's leaders,turned their backs to his vision.
Even with his own party becoming a party of big business and wall St and forgetting the common men and worman of this country.
We went into wars on false pretenses and with no clear plan of action or victory.
Robbing us of both millions on coin and treasury and most of all precious life's,of our citizens.
And we lost,our moral basis of fighting only just wars and to bring a better world as a result
Losing our moral leadership.in the world.
From defenders of liberty to the world,always justified or not,we became a bully and an enemy of liberty and justice
We became a nation of free trade,stock markets and the globalist agenda to benefit a few at the top,at the expense of American workers,industry.
We became a nation of abortion and fanatical anti guns and anti hunting,instead of abortion as a last resort of incest,rape or life of mother,instead of responsible birth control and responcible gun control honoring the place responsible gun ownership and hunting plays in our nation.
Sanders,is the FDR of our times.
He is the fighter we need,to once again make the other side treat us with respect,fear and then from that finally compromise with us again.
Sanders will end free trade forever,not just for an election cycle,as with Trump while he is in office,but for good,by first taking our party back.Making it the Party of FDR again,and from that we will lead our country back from the ashes of today to where once again the American dream is for everyone.
And where wars will be fought to the final end,to complete victory once again,if fighting real enemies,but never when their isn't.
In ,1932 America needed FDR.
Today America needs Sanders.
For a better America.
If only we went after our enemies today like we did in 1941...
@Kerr LaLoge Kenya, because neither are a threat.
Now our president invites Russia to hack our elections
@@thedaraf9979 Yep, the middle east isn't a large evil worth taking down, they've been around for centuries.
History blows my mind away
This was played at my patch ceremony during basic training it made all of use cry but it told us we made it through.
Captivating... 74 years..