Which of the following countries declared war on germany immediately after the event described in the speech below? until four-thirty this morning i had hoped against hope that some miracle would prevent a devastating war in europe and bring to an end the invasion of poland by germany. for four long years a succession of actual wars and constant crises have shaken the entire world and have threatened in each case to bring on the gigantic conflict which is today unhappily a fact.1 —franklin d. roosevelt, september 3, 1939 a. the soviet union b. the united states c. japan d. great britain