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James Rusbidger And Eric Nave's Betrayal At Pearl Harbor

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James Rusbidger and Eric Nave, Betrayal at Pearl Harbor This book will discuss how two authors come together and tell people the betrayal at Pearl Harbor and how Churchill lured Roosevelt into World War II. The two authors obviously had something in common to have written such an inspiring book. James Rusbridger began his career working in the navel design office at Vickers Armstrong on a variety of conventional and nuclear weapon system (Summit Books, pp. 303). Eric Nave joined the Royal Australian Navy. Because of his special skills he was loaned to the Royal Navy to start their first codebreaking activities against Japan (Summit Books, pp. 303). Needless to say both authors loved something dealing with some type of war and challenge. In …show more content…

Tew writes that the best book was yet to come. Robert B. Stinnett, a World War II Navy veteran, had discovered that Franklin Roosevelt’s had prior information that the Japanese were about to attack Pearl Harbor. Roosevelt gained the information through reading the decoded Japanese diplomatic and naval messages (Tew). He later says in his summary that Stinnett’s book Day of Deceit: “The Truth about FDR and Pearl Harbor, added some great evidence backing up the Pearl Harbor battle, evidence that Franklin D. Roosevelt had acknowledge he did not share with his commanders at Pearl Harbor, nor with Congress, that the Japanese would soon attack, and evidence saying that President Roosevelt in fact had an 8-step plan he had been carrying out to spur and bait the Japanese into attacking our fleet harbored at Pearl Harbor” …show more content…

The distance between Hawaii and Japan made the attack a bit difficult for Japan. The American intelligence officials weren’t prepared for the attack on Pearl Harbor, due to the fact of over confidence of the Japanese keeping the attacks in European colonies in the South Pacific: the Dutch East Indies. Because American military leaders were not expecting an attack so close to home, the naval facilities at Pearl Harbor were undefended. Almost the entire Pacific Fleet was moored around Ford Island in the harbor, and numerous amounts of airplanes were packed onto nearby airfields. To the Japanese, Pearl Harbor was an inevitable target. The article gives a very interesting fact that a single vote against Congress's declaring of war against Japan came from Representative Jeannette Rankin of Montana. Rankin was a pacifist who had also voted against the American entrance into World War I. "As a woman," she said, "I can’t go to war, and I refuse to send anyone else"

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While the Imperial Navy’s Adm. Isoroku Yamamoto, who was also known as the “chief architect of the attack on Pearl Harbor, stated that he believed it was impossible for Japan to win such a war but Japan had to gain the upper hand at the very beginning so that the United States just might be enticed to the negotiating table” (Timms). Hotta revealed her own interpretation by reviewing relevant published primary sources and the reasons why Japan decided to attack the Pearl Harbor. In addition, everyone talked about going to war such as the “Japan’s top brass referring to the prime minister, the foreign minister, the army and navy ministers, and the chiefs of the army and navy general staff”

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Rahul Bagga Mr.Campbell US History, Period 0 16 December 2015 Why did Japan attack Pearl Harbor? One day that will always be remembered by America is the date of December 7, 1941, which changed American history forever. December 7, 1941 was the day the Japanese warplanes attacked Pearl Harbor (Hawaii) which stationed many of American ships and airfields. Immediately after the bombings, United States President Franklin Roosevelt declared war on Japan, leading to a direct involvement into World War ll. Japan had many reason to do so but Japan attacked Pearl harbor for three reasons which were that they had a plan for a new world order, United States were expanding their number of naval ships rapidly, and an oil embargo was placed upon Japan

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Because of this, the United States had to increase military forces in Hawaii. They needed to be ready just in case an attack was to happen. Military forces in Hawaii were preparing for an attack. The Japanese had an advantage because they had many intelligence officers from Japan that were in Hawaii. This allowed for them to go around and locate areas where the U.S. ships and planes were.

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Considering the conflicts with Asia, the attack on Pearl Harbor was not surprising. The United States provoked the Japanese into doing the attack because of an embargo. Petroleum and metal were two resources that Japan did not have enough of. The United States received knowledge that Japan wanted to attack but just didn’t get to the issue in time. Japan was very dependent on the Americans, the two met on two different occasions to try and settle the dispute, but neither of them were willing to compromise.

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December 7, 1941 is considered one of the most impactful days in United States’ history: the day Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Despite their size, Japan left an incredible amount of damage with their 5 submarines and 408 planes. President Roosevelt had been avoiding scuffling with Japan since their pact with Germany and Italy; war with Germany was sure to erupt soon enough. However, soon after the ambuscade, the United States’ declared war on Japan and launched their involvement in World War II. Japan’s leaders recognized the risks of invading one of America’s naval bases; yet they persisted.

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Japan attacked the US at 8:00 a.m. on December 7, 1941 because of the embargo, fear of the US Navy expansion, and Japan wanting expansion made the Japanese people afraid of the US and caused them to react. Documents today state facts of why these are the reasons that mainly caused Japan to attack Hawaii. Pearl Harbor was a US Naval Base and was the closest and easiest way to get close to the the states. In the first day that Japan had attacked Pearl Harbor, more than 2,000 US soldiers and sailors had died and 1,000 were wounded. After the end of the first day President Franklin Roosevelt had talked to Congress and asked to declare war on Japan and 10 Naval Battleships had been sunk.

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Instead, Roosevelt ordered that the fleet in Pearl Harbor be weakened instead of strengthened, as mentioned above. Revisionists argue the president did nothing to prevent or prepare for these attacks despite all of the clear evidence that they would happen. Intercepted government codes are also pointed evidence that the US knew about the attacks. As Historian B neatly outlined in arguments, cryptologists in the 1920s cracked codes from Japan that gave indication of the country’s war preparations. (B 36).

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December 7, 1941, is a day all Americans remember. It seemed like a normal Sunday, until people heard planes pass by. That was the first attack America ever had. Japan and the United States had been in a huge disagreement. In 1932, the Japanese emperor decided to invade Manchuria.

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In fact, before the attack on Pearl Harbor, the American government was still in conversation with the Japanese government about peace in the Pacific. Roosevelt use of accusatory diction allows the public to understand why his inclination for war was justifiable. He proclaimed that America was “suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval forces and air forces of the Empire of Japan”. The unsuspecting inhabitants of Pearl Harbor and the rest of the nation were unaware of the surprise attack that would take place on December 7, 1941- “a date which will live in infamy”. The president himself felt that the government of Japan “deliberately sought to deceive the United States by false statements and expressions of hope for continued peace”.

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In the months leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor, Roosevelt did everything he could to upset the Japanese, showing them as an aggressor (he stopped all oil exports to Japan, frozen all Japanese assets, gave loans to Chinese nationalists and supported the English - both nations were enemies of Japan). Pacific fleets long before December 7 informed Washington about the various anticipated threats. On September 4, Roosevelt received a 26-page document from the Naval Intelligence Bureau, containing a "confidential" clause describing in detail the spy actions of the Japanese. Before the attack, an Australian secret services told Roosevelt about the Japanese fleet sailing towards Pearl Harbor. Roosevelt ignored it.

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“If properly appreciated, this intelligence should have suggested a dispatch to all pacific out post commanders suppling this information” states the Joint Congressional Committee. They issued a report that puts blame on the secretary of was at the time Henry Stimson commander on scene. They also believe Washington officials failed to give notice to interacted massages from Tokyo they intercepted that could have prevented the attack, the message was sent On November 19, 1941, the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo sent out a 'Purple ' message to their consulates all around the world. It stated that they should listen to Japanese news bulletins. If they ended with a weather report saying 'east wind rain ' the attack would be on the US.

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