(December 6, 2018 at 12:46 pm)Brian37 Wrote:(December 6, 2018 at 12:39 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: 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).
Yeah, I’m not entirely convinced of it myself.
Boru
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