Pearl Harbor

Japan made a tripartite pact with Italy and Germany. This basically means that if a country would attack any of these countries the other countries would attack back. After being lax for years the US stood up against the Japanese. The US froze Japanese assets and no longer sold resource deprived Japan oil. On December 7, 1941 Japan attacked the US Navy fleet on Pearl Harbor. 2,403 died and 1,178 were wounded. On December 8, 1941 FDR made a speech declaring war on Japan. Three days later Germany and Italy declared war on the US honoring the tripartite pact they had signed with Japan.