On This Day: Germany, Italy declare war on U.S. On Dec. 11, 1941, four days after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, Germany and Italy declared war on the United States.

The House adopted the war resolution against Germany by a vote of 393-0. Moments later, it voted, 399-0, to declare war on Italy. On both tallies, Rep. Jeannette Rankin (R-Mont.), a lifelong ...

Editor’s Note: This is the second part in a series of special history columns about World War II. On Thursday, Dec. 11, 1941, the Marietta Daily Journal reported the U.S. had declared war on ...