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There are many arguments made by intelligent historians that accuse president Franklin Roosevelt of deliberately provoking an attack from Japan in order to get involved in World War II. These claims come from a wide berth of evidence. For instance, one of the most common arguments that revisionists make is Roosevelt had a weak force at Pearl Harbor on purpose.(Theobald 262). They believe that he wanted to entice an attack from Japan by giving them the opportunity to make their move, knowing that it would not be hard to take down the ships/aircraft at Pearl Harbor. FDR was clearly leaning towards war based on these actions and his conversations with Admiral Richardson in 1940, saying that there had to be a drastic incident in the US to make …show more content…

This important conference helped keep peace between the United States, Great Britain, Japan, and France over the Pacific Ocean. Once this pact was dissolved, it was pretty easy for the US to become a target. Another reason historians think FDR knew about Japan’s plans is because it was clear that something big was about to happen right before the attack. Tensions were high between Japan and the US, which should have put the US on high alert and ready for an attack. (A 297). 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). There were many codes that revisionist claim should have pointed in every way possible towards an impending war with the US. However, based on what we know today, there is little that the US could have done to prevent the Japanese from

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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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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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On December 8, 1941, President Franklin Roosevelt spoke to Congress and asked for a declaration of war against the Empire of Japan. In his speech, Roosevelt determines his actions in requesting a declaration of war was justified under the guideline of the Principles of the Just War. The Causes that made this war exist is because, the United States supplied over 80% of japan's petroleum and raw materials. When the U.S. announced the trade embargo, they cut off 90% of Japan’s oil supplies.

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Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941, was indeed a day of infamy; it was a day in which America feared for their families and loved ones. A day that started out to be a calm Sunday morning was spitefully interrupted just before 8 a.m. when Japanese warplanes viciously bombed the U.S naval base. As a whole, The United States intentions were to stay neutral concerning foreign affairs, and had done so until Japan invaded Hawaiian territory. Thousands of Americans lost their lives and many were struggling to stay alive. The next day, President Franklin Roosevelt called an urgent meeting with the members of the Senate and House of Representatives.

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Pearl Harbor was only about 5,000 miles from Japan, to close for comfort for Japan's military. Not only was the naval base close; additionally, it was growing. “ July 1940, US Congress passes Naval Expansion Act that Promises to triple fleet size by 1944” (Doc C) Japan was worried that the reason the United States navy was growing, doubled with other things were undertaking, was to attack Japan and its military. Attacking Pearl Harbor, before America could attack them, lowered the number of Japanese casualties and lowered America’s ships that were able to fight in the war against Japan and its allies.

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FDR Infamy Speech The speech was given after the attack on Pearl Harbor known as the “Infamy speech”, was one of the greatest speeches ever given. The speech was given by Franklin D. Roosevelt who was president of the United States at the time of the attack. FDR’s presidential term lasted from March 4, 1933, to April 12, 1945, when he died. FDR became president of the United States midway through the Great Depression.

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There were many warnings of the abilities and position Japan already had a year prior to the attacks. Conspiracist argue the United States had all the precautions needed to warn and send help to those at Pearl Harbor according to the memo. More importantly in the memo it can be claimed that the Government was waiting for an attack to enter the war. This can be examined in the McCollum Memo when it says “ If by these means Japan could be led to commit an overt act of war, so much the better. ”(A.H. McCollum, 9) Conspiracist can argue that the U.S. was waiting for an attack so that they could honorably enter the war therefore hiding the evidence, precautions without warning Naval officers at Pearl Harbor.

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Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor is by far one of America’s most remembered events in history. On December 7, 1941, the Japanese dropped bombs on the American base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. This attack is what persuaded President Franklin Roosevelt to join World War 2 and fight on two fronts. Japan attacked Pearl Harbor for many reasons. They attacked because they believed they would create a New World Order, they felt threatened by America and because of the oil embargo.

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FDR did not know about the attack on Pearl Harbor or allow the

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The consensus of the War Cabinet was that this should not be allowed to happen, and the members discussed ways to prevent it. They did not believe the United States should strike at the Japanese force without warning. But they didn’t think the United States should sit still either and allow the Japanese to proceed. They decided

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China as a people which was frankly not something Japan intended to do. After accessing their options Japan decides to continue with their path but deceive the United States by continuing Negotiations as an attempt to make it seem like they had no real intention of going to war and still wanted to avoid it. That being said America was indeed aware of Japan's violent intentions they just couldn’t figure out where they would strike. And then on December 7th, 1941 we found out. In Pearl Harbor the Japanese completed a highly successful surprise attack involving roughly 360 planes.

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Roosevelt talking to each other about what their problems with each other are so they didn’t have to go through the bombing of pearl harbor and then having to make the Japanese Americans to go to those camps because of their fear of their lower class security. Or maybe this could have been avoided if Franklin did not become president for 12 years. Maybe someone got mad about that and decided to set up Japan to Bomb Pearl Harbor to get Franklin to be scared, but that's just a theory, a Ethan Theory. But seriously I didn't get that from any source so it's just what I

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Who was to blame for Pearl Harbor? “December 7, 1941, a date which will live in infamy…. No matter how long it may take us to overcome this premeditated invasion, the American people, in their righteous might, will win though absolute victory.” President Franklin D. Roosevelt said this inspiring quote about the tragic event that occurred in Oahu, Hawaii. Many people have debated about who really was to blame for Pearl Harbor, could Roosevelt have done something to prevent it?

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President Truman and his associates believed that if they dropped the bomb they would receive surrender from Japan. Thus, saving millions of American lives, and ending the war. Nevertheless, by saving American lives they would sacrifice thousands of Japanese civilians. They had other idea to have Japan to surrender, but were willing to take the one that would have the most consequences. They were thinking too much about the US instead of creating actually peace within the nations.

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intelligence information” (261), although they were able to translate the Japanese code. Furthermore, she adds that there were too much of information coming from various sources which it made hard to find the right information among those sources. Also, she claims that Japan had sent false signals to make people to believe that Japanese fleet was still near its country. She believes that President Roosevelt did not expect that Japan would attack the U.S. but thought they would attack other country instead. And the reason why the American leaders who were staying in the Philippines could not attack Japan after an eight-hour warning was because their planes were damaged by Japanese planes.

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