The American and British Governments Knew – Down to the Day – of
the Coming Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor … and Let It Happen To
Justify American Entry Into WWII
Military Officers
and Code Breakers Speak Out … On Camera
Preface:
We don’t contest that World War II was – in many ways
– a “good war”.
The Nazis,
imperial Japanese and fascist Italians were nasty folks trying to
take over the world, who brutalized millions within their own borders
and in the nations they occupied.
And –
as shown below – we probably knew about the coming Pearl Harbor
attack, but let it happen to justify America’s entry into
World War II.
The White House
apparently had – a year before Pearl Harbor – launched
an 8-point plan to provoke Japan into war against the U.S.
(including, for example, an oil embargo). The rationale for this
provocation is that the U.S. wanted to aid its allies in fighting
the Nazis and other axis powers, and decided that an attack by Japan
would be the most advantageous justification for the U.S. to enter
WWII.
Moreover, Honolulu
newspapers warned of a possible attack by the Japanese on Pearl
Harbor:
Indeed, as
the following must-watch BBC documentary – with interviews
with many of the main players, including military officers and code-breakers
– shows, the American and British knew of the Japanese
plan to attack Pearl Harbor — down to the exact date of the
attack — and allowed it to happen to justify America’s
entry into World War II:
And see this
short essay by a highly-praised
historian summarizing some of the key points. (The historian,
Robert B. Stinnett, a World War II veteran, actually agreed with
this strategy for getting America into the war, and so does not
have any axe to grind).
Active Interference
with Military’s Ability to Defend
It has also
recently been discovered that the FDR administration took
numerous affirmative steps to ensure that the Japanese
attack would be successful. These steps included taking extraordinary
measures to hide information from the commanders in Hawaii about
the location of Japanese war ships (information of which they would
normally be informed), denying their requests to allow them to scout
for Japanese ships, and other actions to blind the commanders in
Hawaii so that the attacks would succeed. See, for example, this
book (page 186).