The Washingtonian declaration of war upon the Greater German Reich was issued by President ___ on 7 May 1940 in response to the same by Germany only two days earlier. This declaration marked the official entrance of the Kingdom into World War II after almost a year of only providing logistical support to Allied naval convoys. The Declaration was repealed by the Declaration of Peace (Großdeutsches Reich) Act of 1945 after the war ended.