Editing 1941 (section)

==NEAR FUTURE REAL WORLD HISTORY==
===DECEMBER 26, Friday=== 
Churchill addresses Joint Session of Congress and receives a rousing ovation, but says allied offensive must wait until 1943. 
===DECEMBER 23, Tuesday===
Concerned about the safety of the founding documents of the United States in wartime Washington, the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution are removed from their display space at the National Archives and are transported in a special sealed container to temporary storage at the U.S. Gold Depository at Ft. Knox, Kentucky. On Oct. 1, 1944, with the danger to the mainland United States passed, the documents are returned to public display in Washington.
===DECEMBER 22, Monday===
Prime Minister Churchill arrives at the White House as the guest of President Roosevelt for the Washington Conference.
===DECEMBER 19, Friday===
Colombia severs diplomatic relations with Germany and Italy.
===DECEMBER 17, Wednesday===
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz becomes the new commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet. 
===DECEMBER 15, Monday===
US Secretary of the Navy tells Congress that 2,729 were killed during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour.
===DECEMBER 12, Friday===
US declares war on Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria after receiving those country's declarations of war against the US.
===DECEMBER 11, Thursday===
Germany and Italy declare war on the United States. In response to Germany and Italy's declaration of war, the US reciprocates and declares war on both Germany and Italy. Costa Rica, Cuba, the Dominican Republic and Nicaragua also declare war on Germany and Italy.  The European and Southeast Asian wars have now become a global conflict with the Axis powers; Japan, Germany and Italy, united against America, Britain, France, and their Allies.