The United States had been warned in advance that there would be a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. They had also broken all Japanese codes and were aware of all the details needed to prevent the attack on Pearl Harbor. Roosevelt had made a campaign promise to not get involved in a war with Germany unless the United States was attacked first; so, he made strategic use of Japan’s plans as a way to …showed first 75 words of 1621 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1621 total…hour and minute when the attack would take place. It could therefore, have been prevented and thousands of lives could have been saved, if it hadn’t been for Roosevelts secret desire to bring the United States to war with Germany. Bibliography Costello, John; Days of Infamy; New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994 Rusbridger, James & Eric Nave; Betrayal at Pearl Harbor; New York: Summit, 1991 Toland, John; Infamy: Pearl Harbor and Its Aftermath; Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1982