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Pearl Harbor

December 7, 1941 will be remembered in history as one of the most phenomenal days ever to take place in the United States. The attack on Pearl Harbor came as no surprise to President Franklin D. Roosevelt and his military advisors. It was a key element in drawing the United States to fight in World War II. This day will forever be incredibly significant, especially because our President at the time was keeping secrets from the supposed democratic American public. Pearl Harbor was just what the President needed to have a reason to get our country involved in the war. I support this theory of President Roosevelt having the knowledge of the attack on Pearl Harbor. Sufficient evidence shows that Franklin D. Roosevelt knew he was in control of the situation and went behind the backs of the American people in getting the nation involved in one of the mass destruction of World War II. President Roosevelt was planning all along to use Pearl Harbor as the element pulling the United State...

Posted by: Gabrielle Gooch

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