| 词条 | United Kingdom declaration of war on Japan |
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On 8 December 1941, the government of the United Kingdom declared war on the Empire of Japan, following the Japanese attacks on Malaya, Singapore and Hong Kong. The British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Anthony Eden, was in transit to Moscow at the time, so Prime Minister Winston Churchill was in charge of the Foreign Office. The text of his letter to the Japanese Ambassador was as follows: {{quote|Sir,On the evening of December 7th His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom learned that Japanese forces without previous warning either in the form of a declaration of war or of an ultimatum with a conditional declaration of war had attempted a landing on the coast of Malaya and bombed Singapore and Hong Kong. In view of these wanton acts of unprovoked aggression committed in flagrant violation of International Law and particularly of Article I of the Third Hague Convention relative to the opening of hostilities, to which both Japan and the United Kingdom are parties, His Majesty's Ambassador at Tokyo has been instructed to inform the Imperial Japanese Government in the name of His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom that a state of war exists between our two countries. I have the honour to be, with high consideration, Sir, Your obedient servant, Winston S. Churchill[1]}} Of the letter, Churchill later wrote: "Some people did not like this ceremonial style. But after all when you have to kill a man it costs nothing to be polite."[2] See also
References1. ^Official Report, House of Commons, 8 December 1941, 5th series, vol. 376, cols 1358–1359 2. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=yVQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA3&dq=when+you+have+to+kill+a+man+it+costs+nothing+to+be+polite&hl=sv&sa=X&ei=HCCXT7u9G4jN4QTHyP1G&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=when%20you%20have%20to%20kill%20a%20man%20it%20costs%20nothing%20to%20be%20polite&f=false LIFE magazine 27 sep 1954] says this is in The Second World War Winston S. Churchill: The Second World War (vol.3): the Grand Alliance. (1950) {{ISBN|0-395-41057-6}} {{Authority control}}{{Japan-mil-hist-stub}} 12 : Military history of Japan during World War II|United Kingdom in World War II|1941 in the United Kingdom|1941 in Japan|Japan–United Kingdom military relations|World War II documents|Declarations of war|1941 in international relations|1941 in military history|British Empire in World War II|December 1941 events|1941 documents |
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