

The first transports set out for the first extermination camp, Chelmno, which began its murderous operations the following day, December 8.

Only after war reached America’s farthest shore, did American begin a concerted effort to fight not only the Japanese, but the Nazis and their European partners, as well.Īs momentous as the attack on Pearl Harbor was, Decemwas also the date of another event of no less consequence for mankind. America.On December 8, 1941, Franklin Delano Roosevelt declared: “Yesterday, Decem– (is) a date which will live in infamy.” Of course he was talking about the Japanese surprise attack on the American fleet at Pearl Harbor, the attack that catapulted the United States into the Second World War 70 years ago.Ĭatapulted is right, because beforehand, the clear majority of Americans did not want to see their husbands, fathers and sons embroiled in another war on a distant continent. 62CV3hpLOWīREAKING: A full 3 YEARS after launching its grotesque family-separation policy, the Trump Administration STILL cannot locate the parents of 545 children around 2/3 of those parents were deported to C.

Once called Chicago’s “worst landlord,” he gained infamy for two stints behind bars - first for torching an occupied tenement in order to claim insurance money, and then for skipping out on more than $550,000 in property taxes. "Yesterday, Decema date which will live in infamy - the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan." – FDR #PearlHarbor78 /M310zyLhyT It’s usually used in the context of crime or serious wrongdoing, unless it’s being used ironically.
