USS Greer
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USS Greer was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy, the first ship named for Rear Admiral James A. Greer. In what became known as the "Greer incident," she became the first US Navy ship
USS Greer (DD-145)
Franklin D. Roosevelt delivering his fireside chat of 11 September 1941
Casus belli
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A casus belli is an act or an event that either provokes or is used to justify a war. A casus belli involves direct offenses or threats against the nation declaring the war, whereas a casus foederis i
USS Greer
…War II. The incident led President Franklin D. Roosevelt to issue what became known as his "shoot-on-sight" order, with the intention of creating a casus belli in the Atlantic, provoking Germany to declare war on the US. Greer was launched by William Cramp & Sons Ship & Engine Building Co., Philadelphia, 1…
Cartoon of belligerent Uncle Sam placing Spain on notice, c. 1898
Alfred Naujocks, who organized and led the Gleiwitz incident on the orders of Reinhard Heydrich
February 5, 2003 – U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell holding a model vial of anthrax while giving the presentation to the UN Security Council