What did President Roosevelt know about Pearl Harbor and when did he know it?

To read an answer that SPECIFICALLY answers the question, read this paragraph. If you want to hear details, read the rest FDR did not know about the specific attack on Pearl Harbor. Nobody did.

Japan sailed across the pacific under total radio silence to avoid alerting anybody of the attack before it happened. However, he could have suspected an attack somewhere, because he intentionally provoked the Japanese by cutting their oil supply so that we would have a reason to be involved in Europe. A Japanese attack on home turf would be perfect for rallying support for a war with Germany To make a very loose comparison, you can compare it to Bush (with no prior knowledge of it) using 9/11 to declare a War on Terror, which basically gives the President the authority to deploy troops anywhere as long as there is terrorist activity (Iraq).(this does not suggest a conspiracy, those theories are retarded) M.

Kaim Answer He found out about it at the same time everybody else did, on the afternoon of December 7, 1941 when the commanders of the U.S. forces at Pearl Harbor reported they were under attack. Michael Montagne Answer Again Michael Montange answers with too much simplicity. Anyone who studies the facts from the events prior to Pearl Harbour will see: The question is, "Did Franklin D Roosevelt know of but do nothing to stop the Japanese attacking Pearl Harbour because he wanted the USA to enter the Second World War?

Here are some of the key issues that debate this statement: Roosevelt desperately wanted the US to enter the war, he states to William White, a close friend in 1939; "If Germany or Russia win the war or force a peace favorable to them, the situation of your civilization and mine is indeed in peril However he needed the US public support. He spent a total of 12 years in office, completed revolutionary new ideas (Fireside Chats, New Deals) and introduced the first women ever to go to a presidential cabinet (Francis Perkins). He knew he needed the public support.

A crisis like Pearl Harbour unites the nation in an act of revenge and war It is more likely however, that the information critically needed to know of the Japanese attack slipped through America's nets. With so much information around, much of it was intercepted. HOWEVER, it is probable that the information was cast out the system as it passed up the ranks, the most important information would go to the most important officer.

Much information on Pearl Harbour was found in the 'pending' boxes of interception offices Finally, it is impossible to tell if Franklin D Roosevelt knew of the attacks. However we can use the weight of evidence to suggest one way or another I believe that America had the POTENTIAL to discover the Japanese attacks, however the poor system of sorting information led to the crucial peices being discarded. Although a terrible tragedy, the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour worked in Franklin D Roosevelts favour Giving you a better answer, Jossy Answer Although I am young, and very far from being well educated about the past history of the United States, I feel, from learning and researching many different books and other sources that Roosevelt knew more than he let out.

But, I also think that not knowing exactly where the attack was going to end up, he was very judicious in keeping the information he did know under cover for the sake of chaos and world spread panic. My true question to all of you is, if you were Roosevelt, what action would you have taken Answer I believe that not only did FDR know about the impending attack, but that he cause it to happen, anybody who takes the time to study the subject will see that that is very much the case Answer A man named Robert B. Stinnett filed Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests with the US Navy to learn more about what codes we had broken during WWII.(Factoid: Stinnett served on an aircraft carrier with George Bush during the war.) Stinnett had been prompted by a book At Dawn We Slept, which informed him we had broken Japanese codes.

He wanted to know to what extent we had been successful.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.