RE: Lately stuck on WW2 history.
December 6, 2018 at 12:46 pm
(This post was last modified: December 6, 2018 at 12:47 pm by Brian37.)
(December 6, 2018 at 12:39 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:(December 6, 2018 at 12:36 pm)Brian37 Wrote: Again, watching a documentary on WW2. I just found out that radar caught the Japanese fighters planes on radar at Pearl Harbor, BUT dismissed it as scheduled American bombers coming in....... Talk about FUCK ME! Imagine what a blow it would have been to the Japanese fleet if they had taken the radar seriously and not dismissed it and defeated the raid?
There’s a school of thought that Roosevelt knew the attack was coming and allowed it to happen, as he wanted a pretext to get into the war.
Boru
That is a bit too conspiracy for me. I could see Trump or Cheney being that much of a dick, but FDR, no. This documentary is saying both sides knew it was coming, but not in a conspiracy way, just that in eventually it would happen somehow.
FDR was expecting a declaration of war first, but the Japanese diplomats, according to the documentary really waffled on the communication form the Emperor and according to the documentary, they simply were confused about what message to send at the time. (According to the documentary I am watching right now).
