Three days after Franklin Delano Roosevelt declared that the USA was at war with Japan, Germany and Italy declared war on the USA.
"Benito Mussolini, made his declaration first - from the balcony over the Piazza Venezia in Rome - pledging the 'powers of the pact of steel' were determined to win."
The Piazza Venezia was the site of a happier moment 12 years later as Gregory Peck tooled around with Anglo/Dutch war survivor Audrey Hepburn on a scooter in the movie Roman Holiday.
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