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How Much Did FDR Know

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             How Much Did FDR Know?.
             On December 7, 1941, at approximately eight in the morning, the Japanese attacked the United States Naval base at Pearl Harbor. Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto led this surprise attack. Within two hours Japan had either sunk or damaged twenty-one of the United States Pacific Fleet. The most shocking aspect of it all was that many people believed that Franklin D. Roosevelt knew about a possible attack before it happened. So the question is what did FDR know and when did he know it. .
             Robert B. Stinnet, the author of Day of Deceit, was angered when he found out the secrets that had been hidden from America, but he understood the position that FDR was in, which was being forced to have isolationist America join the war. FDR knew that many lives would be lost if they joined the war. After researching this horrific event he found papers that outlined the deliberate steps that were planned to bring forth the action that forced America into the war. .
             Lieutenant Commander Arthur H, McCollum advocated eight actions that he predicted would lead to a Japanese attack on the US. Roosevelt viewed these and they were put into effect. After the eighth one Japan responded.
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             On November 27 and 28, US military leaders received an order directly from the president. The order was to wait till Japan commits the first overt act. Stinnet also points out that Japanese military codes were decoded and they revealed little hints and .
             clues, foreshadowing an attack. These codes and messages confirmed that war was near. Although, Japan did try to foil their decoding by issuing separate ambassadorial codes to each of her embassies.


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