Pearl Harbor happened on December 7, 1941. We have provided you with information if FDR knew about the attack on Pearl harbor before it happened, so that you can make an educated guess. 3,500 Amicans had either been killed or wounded during Pearl Harbor, 21 U.S. ships were sunk or had been damaged.
The attack on Pearl Harbor happened on December 7, 1941. We were attacked by the Japenese. We want to answer the question was this attack actually a surprise to the President. This is a question we can never answer, but we want to give enough information so you can make an educated decision on the subject for yourself.
The assumption of Franklin D. Roosevelt know about Japan attacking was first by Thomas Dewey running for election against him in 1944. Dewey was running for president agaisnt FDR. He learned the information that we could pick up Japanese radio signals. He then made then thought if we could hear these signals we should have known about Pearl Harbor happening. He thought that this information would help him win the election against the very popular president. He never could say this information, because Japan still had no knowledge of us being able to listen to there radio. So Thomas could not use this informatiion agaisnt Roosevelt in the election. Roosevelt was elected president for the fourth time. Information from http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=408 interview of Robert B. Stinnett by Douglas Cirignano.
On http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/6315/pearl.html they say that FDR blinded Hawaii by three things. Denying inteligaince to Hawaii, misleading the commanders of Hawaii to think negotiations were still going on, having false information sent to hawaii about were Japanese carrier fleet was.
On http://www.strike-the-root.com/columns/Hull/hull5.html Don Hull talks about how he thinks Franklin Roosevelt and how he thinks taht he knew about the bombing. He believes FDR wanted war to happen so he could gain more power. He aslso wanted to help his friend Churchill in the war. He needed Pearl Harbor to happen so that the country would be behind and support him.
There is a lot of information out there. It is hard to tell which is true and which is false. We tryed our best to get realiable sources. It is near to impossible to know if FDR actually knew about the Pearl Harbor bombing be for it happened. Everyone needs to make there own decision on what they think actually happened.
This is a picture of Japanese fighter planes attacking the boats at Pearl Harbor.
This was a submerine present at the Pearl Harbor attacking. It survived the attack with a few minor injuries from scrap metal flying around. This sub was not directly hit from the overhead flying Japanese fighters.
The USS Arizona memorial. It was dedicated memorial day 1962. It has an assembly area large enough to hold 200 people, a museum and a shine of the names of those killed. (www.janesoceania.com/hawaii_pearl/index.htm)
This is a picture of the attacking of Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941. This picture shows that there was easy visibility for the Japanese during there ambush on our naval ships.
This photo was taken 1941, December 7. The USS Nevada was one of the Warships attacked. It eventually sunk.
This is the USS Wisconsin along side the USS Oklahoma at Pearl Harbor. These two ships survived the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, December 7.
Quiz Questions:
1- When did Pearl Harbor occur? December 7, 1941.
2- Who Bombed Pearl Harbor? The Japanese.
3- What was dedicated memorial day of 1962 for Pearl Harbor? The USS Arizona memorial.
Sources
http://orpheus.ucsd.edu/speccoll/dspolitic/Frame.htm http://www.ww2homefront.com/fdrspeech12-8-41.html http://www.delsjourney.com/uss_neosho/pearl_harbor/pearl_harbor_interview.htm http://teacher.scholastic.com/pearl/transcript.htm http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=408 http://www.ihr.org/jhr/v12/v12p119_Stolley.html
http://www.strike-the-root.com/columns/Hull/hull5.html http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/6315/pearl.html http://www.carpenoctem.tv/cons/pearl.html http://www.janesoceania.com/hawaii_pearl/index.htm
(Book) The Japanese American Interment By Michael Burgan
Really good pictures, I can see it all. c:
ReplyDelete~Alexis D.
really good pictures but a little to much information for me to read.
ReplyDeleteTyler Petersen
I think that it was pretty good. The pictures and text could have beed not so separate though.
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