Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

I do hereby proclaim that a state of war unhappily exists between Germany, on the one hand, and Belgium, Luxemburg, and the Netherlands, on the other hand.

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Proclamation 2404—Proclamation of a State of War Between Germany, on the One Hand, and Belgium, Luxemburg, and the...

05/10/1940

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