Rhetorical Analysis of President Roosevelt's Pearl Harbor Speech

"Yesterday, 7 December 1941 - a shameful day - the US Navy and Air Force suddenly and deliberately attacked the United States of America" ​​(1). These were the words of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's choice to start his country with the address of his Pearl Harbor the day after Pearl Harbor was hit by Japan. Roosevelt's speech is a voice calling for weapons, he expressed confidence in Japan's indignation and inevitable victory. This speech was a request to declare a war against Japan and to bring America to the Second World War.

The notorious speech was conveyed by President Franklin Roosevelt at the joint general meeting of the day after attacking Pearl Harbor Naval Base in Hawaii on December 8, 1941. Japan declared war between America and the British Empire. The name came from the first line of the speech: Roosevelt said "Life is a day before it is a shameful day." Speech is often called "Pearl Harbor Speech".

On December 7, 1941, the Japanese used bombers, torpedo bombers, and small submarines to suddenly attack Pearl Harbor, the US naval base in Hawaii. On 8 December, President Franklin Roosevelt announced "infamous remarks" to American citizens and told them that despite the negotiations between Japan and the US to maintain peace this is happening. On the same day, with the approval of Congress, the United States entered World War II. At the south end of Oahu, Pearl Harbor has 22,000 acres of naval base. Husband Mrs E. Kimmel, Admiral, and Lieutenant General Walter C. Short directed the fleet and ground forces, respectively. The majority of the military headquarters in the Pacific is headquartered as people are increasingly concerned about the aggressiveness of Japanese people.

About 1:30 pm on December 7, 1941, Navy Frank Knox told President Franklin Roosevelt that the US military base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii was attacked and more than 2,400 Americans were killed. It was. Prior to Pearl Harbor, the war with Japan seemed very likely, but the attack was imminent. The next day, the melancholic Roosevelt made this speech to Congress and the country. America was living in peace with the country, and in recruitment in Japan, I am still talking to the government and its emperors trying to maintain peace in the Pacific. Indeed, after the Japanese Air Force fleet began bombing one hour in Oahu, USA, Japan's Ambassador to the United States

Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt immediately talked to the US Congress and outlined the reasons why he declared a battle with the Japanese empire in the United States. Unlike other key documents primarily based on recalls, this presentation reflects both the emotions and politics of the moment after a massive attack on domestic military facilities. Although the students feel the violence of that moment, this document also makes it possible for students to establish an association between Louie Zamperini 's imprisonment and Japan' s detention in the western United States.