Pearl Harbor Speech Analysis

December 7th, 1941, a day that will forever live in infamy, the Japanese launched a surprise attack on the United States at Pearl Harbor. The sneak attack left a total of 2,403 military personnel and civilians dead. On December 8th, 1941, the day after the horrific attack, the president of the United States, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, issued an address to the entire nation urging a declaration of war against the Japanese. FDR delivered a compelling speech, which sent many Americans into a Patriotic mood, with millions enlisting. The Japanese had awoken a sleeping giant, and they were about to feel its wrath. During the time of this attack, World War II had broken out and the United States had chosen to remain neutral, in part because of the great depression. The attack was not reasonable, and the United States was not sure why it happened. The United States was at peace with Japan and even had made plans to make sure the fighting stayed out of the
Pearl Harbor will forever be a day that lives in infamy. A day that set the stage for years of war and death to come. An unprovoked attack, and a compelling speech laid the ground work for the entry of the United States into World War II. Eventually two devastating atomic bombs were dropped on Nagasaki and Hiroshima. The world watched in horror at the effects of the bombs. Never again would the United States drop atomic bombs as the devastation it left was gruesome, killing between 90,000-146,000 in Hiroshima and 39,000-80,000 in Nagasaki. As of September 2, 1945, the Japanese surrendered. Ultimately the will power of the American people assured absolute victory for the United States. The war was finally over. Revenge for Pearl Harbor had been gained. The giant known as America had awoken, and conquered its