Persuasive Speech Before Pearl Harbor

The low hum of distant airplanes begin to draw nearer and nearer, but you pay no attention to it. You close your eyes, meditating in the relaxation of the brisk morning air. Without expectation, alarms begin blaring across the harbor. Your eyes shoot open in shock and horror as a ship on the far end of the row explodes into a colossal fireball. You notice the large red circle on each fighter, identifying them as Japanese fighters. One of the most infamous surprise attacks in history had begun.

The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise aerial and naval assault on the US Pacific Fleet at Pearl harbor, executed by the Empire of Japan. The attack was intended to prevent the US to aide Chinese forces in a region that Japan called the “Southern Resource Area”, an area Japan wanted to take over. Peace treaties were attempted in the year leading up to the attack, but to no avail. In a poll taken just before the attack on the harbor, 52 percent of Americans expected hostilities or war with Japan, 27 percent did not, and 21 percent had no opinion. The 52 percent were proven

Roosevelt gave a speech on live television, in which he formally declared war on Japan. In the following week, the United States also declared war against Nazi Germany, fully forcing the United States into World War II. In his speech, President Roosevelt exclaimed that Pearl Harbor would not go unavenged, and the United States would eventually triumph over the Japanese. After this speech, the United States turned into an all-out war machine, churning out goods such as guns, bombs, and ammunition and recycling all materials they could get their hands on to support the war effort. Propaganda was released, branding all Japanese-American citizens as traitors. The US used what they had left to take over Midway Island from the Japanese. This victory raised morales, which lead to the US victory over the Axis in