She Remembers Pearl Harbor

Category: politics

  • FDR “The Great Communicator” The Master Speech Files, 1898, 1910-1975

    Source: Roosevelt, Franklin. “FDR ”˜The Great Communicator”™ The Master Speech Files, 1898, 1910-1945, File N. 1368-A.” 27 May 1941.

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  • NEWSREEL: Fair Employment Committee June 25, 1941

    Franklin D. Roosevelt has established the Fair Employment Practices Committee to prevent racial discrimination in defense work. Source: “Fair Employment Committee.” Des Moines Tribune, 25 June 1941, p. 17. https://www.newspapers.com/article/des-moines-tribune/134517853/

  • It’s A Queer Game

    Japan has asked the U.S. to lift its trade embargo and proposes negotiations. Source: “It”™s A Queer Game.” The Journal Herald, 4 Aug. 1941, p. 4. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-journal-herald/134518616/

  • Churchill in Pledge; Peace Offensive From Berlin May Come Soon

    Source: “Churchill in Pledge; Peace Offensive From Berlin May Come Soon.” The Capital Times, 10 Nov. 1941, pp. 1”“4. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-capital-times/134523110/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-capital-times/134523200/

  • War May Engulf Remaining Fourth of Globe, Churchill Declares; Nazis Strike Anew at Leningrad

    Winston Churchill announced during a speech at Mansion House in London, “If Japan makes war on the United States; Great Britain will support America within the hour.” Source: “War May Engulf Remaining Fourth of Globe, Churchill Declares; Nazis Strike Anew at Leningrad.” The Ithaca Journal, 10 Nov. 1941, p. 1. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-ithaca-journal/134522574/

  • Churchill’s Speech Aired By Japanese

    Source: “Churchill”™s Speech Aired By Japanese.” The News-Messenger, 11 Nov. 1941, p. 1. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-messenger/134522899/

  • NEWSREEL: 11.26.1941

    President Roosevelt and Secretary Hull presented the Japanese with a ten-point note outlining the final American terms to resolve the current crisis. The Hull note’s primary purpose was to establish a clear record rather than serve as a basis for negotiation. Their demands included Japan’s withdrawal from China and Indo-China and recognition of the Chinese…

  • NEWSREEL: Leading up to war

    “By late November 1941 events were moving at a rapid pace. Even before Stimson dictated his controversial entry for November 25, Secretary Hull had learned, from a “Magic” intercept, that the foreign minister in Tokyo had informed Japan’s representatives in Washington that diplomatic efforts to reach what he called “the solution we desire” must be…