armed forces to be deployed anywhere in the world. That same day, Congress ratified a law allowing U.S. In the meantime, the leadership of the Democratic and Republican parties announced that they would 'adjourn politics' for the duration of the conflict. Once again, Rankin voted against the resolution. 11, Congress responded by formally declaring war against Germany and Italy. Neither Mussolini nor Hitler was obligated to declare war on the U.S. In reality, the Pact of Steel required only a declaration of war in the event one of the parties was attacked. 27, 1940, Germany 'was obligated' to join its Italian ally to support Japan. Appearing on the balcony overlooking Piazza Venezia in the center of Rome, he declared that Italy would stand fast 'with the powers of the Pact of Steel.' A few hours later, Adolf Hitler, addressing the Reichstag, declared that, despite his efforts to avoid war with the U.S., under the Tripartite Agreement of Sept. Three days later, Italy and Germany declared war on the United States.
Jeanette Rankin, a Republican from Montana. Declaring the attack 'a day that will live in infamy,' he asked lawmakers 'for a declaration of war against the empire of Japan.' That same day, the Senate voted unanimously to declare war against Japan. The next day, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, known as FDR, addressed a joint session of the U.S.
