                       DECLARATION OF WAR ON GERMANY
                             DECEMBER 11, 1941

                          THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE

     To the Congress of the United States:

          On the morning of Dec. 11 the Government of Germany,
     pursuing its course of world conquest, declared war against the
     United States.

          The long-known and the long-expected has thus taken place.
     The forces endeavoring to enslave the entire world now are moving
     toward this hemisphere.

          Never before has there been a greater challenge to life,
     liberty and civilization.

          Delay invites great danger. Rapid and united effort by all
     of the peoples of the world who are determined to remain free
     will insure a world victory of the forces of justice and of
     righteousness over the forces of savagery and of barbarism.

          Italy also has declared war against the United States.

          I therefore request the Congress to recognize a state of war
     between the United States and Germany, and between the United
     States and Italy.

                                        Franklin D. Roosevelt


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             THE CONGRESSIONAL WAR RESOLUTION AGAINST GERMANY

          Declaring that a state of war exists between the Government
     of Germany and the government and the people of the United States
     and making provision to prosecute the same.

          Whereas the Government of Germany has formally declared war
     against the government and the people of the United States of
     America: Therefore, be it

          Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of
          the United States of America in Congress assembled,
          that the state of war between the United States and the
          Government of Germany which has thus been thrust upon
          the United States is hereby formally declared; and the
          President is hereby authorized and directed to employ
          the entire naval and military forces of the government
          to carry on war against the Government of Germany; and
          to bring the conflict to a successful termination, all
          of the resources of the country are hereby pledged by
          the Congress of the United States
