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X-WR-CALDESC:11 December 1941: Germany and Italy declared war on the United
  States.\n\nFrom 'On This Day' via News.bbc.co.uk:  \n\nItalian dictator\,
  Benito Mussolini\, made his declaration first - from the balcony over the
  Piazza Venezia in Rome - pledging the 'powers of the pact of steel' were 
 determined to win.\n\nThen Adolf Hitler made his announcement at the Reich
 stag in Berlin saying he had tried to avoid direct conflict with the US bu
 t\, under the Tripartite Agreement signed on 27 September 1940\, Germany w
 as obliged to join with Italy to defend its ally Japan.\n\n'After victory 
 has been achieved\,' he said. 'Germany\, Italy and Japan will continue in 
 closest co-operation with a view to establishing a new and just order.' He
  accused President Roosevelt of waging a campaign against Germany since 19
 37\, blamed him for the outbreak of war in 1939 and said he was planning t
 o invade Germany in 1943.\n\nOver in Washington\, President Roosevelt told
  Congress the free world must act quickly and decisively against the enemy
 .\n\n'The forces endeavouring to enslave the entire world now are moving t
 owards this hemisphere. Delay invites danger. Rapid and united efforts by 
 all peoples of the world who are determined to remain free will ensure wor
 ld victory for the forces of justice and righteousness over the forces of 
 savagery and barbarism.'\n\nResolutions against Germany and Italy were pas
 sed without debate. The only person who did not vote for war was pacifist 
 Congresswoman Jeannette Rankin who had also voted against war with Japan. 
 In the Senate the vote was unanimous. Both Democrats and Republicans have 
 agreed to 'adjourn politics' for the duration of the war and focus on nati
 onal defence. They have passed a new law which allows US servicemen to fig
 ht anywhere in the world.\n\nFollowing the shock of Pearl Harbor\, America
 n citizens are flocking to volunteer for the US Navy and Marine Corps whic
 h do not take conscripts. The US Army has already grown tenfold since the 
 draft was introduced one year prior.
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DESCRIPTION:11 December 1941: Germany and Italy declared war on the United 
 States.\n\nFrom 'On This Day' via News.bbc.co.uk:  \n\nItalian dictator\, 
 Benito Mussolini\, made his declaration first - from the balcony over the 
 Piazza Venezia in Rome - pledging the 'powers of the pact of steel' were d
 etermined to win.\n\nThen Adolf Hitler made his announcement at the Reichs
 tag in Berlin saying he had tried to avoid direct conflict with the US but
 \, under the Tripartite Agreement signed on 27 September 1940\, Germany wa
 s obliged to join with Italy to defend its ally Japan.\n\n'After victory h
 as been achieved\,' he said. 'Germany\, Italy and Japan will continue in c
 losest co-operation with a view to establishing a new and just order.' He 
 accused President Roosevelt of waging a campaign against Germany since 193
 7\, blamed him for the outbreak of war in 1939 and said he was planning to
  invade Germany in 1943.\n\nOver in Washington\, President Roosevelt told 
 Congress the free world must act quickly and decisively against the enemy.
 \n\n'The forces endeavouring to enslave the entire world now are moving to
 wards this hemisphere. Delay invites danger. Rapid and united efforts by a
 ll peoples of the world who are determined to remain free will ensure worl
 d victory for the forces of justice and righteousness over the forces of s
 avagery and barbarism.'\n\nResolutions against Germany and Italy were pass
 ed without debate. The only person who did not vote for war was pacifist C
 ongresswoman Jeannette Rankin who had also voted against war with Japan. I
 n the Senate the vote was unanimous. Both Democrats and Republicans have a
 greed to 'adjourn politics' for the duration of the war and focus on natio
 nal defence. They have passed a new law which allows US servicemen to figh
 t anywhere in the world.\n\nFollowing the shock of Pearl Harbor\, American
  citizens are flocking to volunteer for the US Navy and Marine Corps which
  do not take conscripts. The US Army has already grown tenfold since the d
 raft was introduced one year prior.
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SUMMARY:1941: Germany and Italy Declared War on the U.S.
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