All three aircraft carriers were out of port on this weekend. So our most valuable assets were saved. Interestingly all three aircraft carriers were out of port during the previous weekend. The Navy had broken the Japanese code many months before. They knew.
Lives were lost. However, that's a different subject than what my mentioning concerned. FDR knew about the Japanese plan to bomb Pearl Harbor beforehand. This is why these ships were moved in to port and others removed. It was an intentional act and FDR knew lives would be lost. Pearl Harbor is similar to 9-11. Our government knew beforehand and didn't act to prevent lives from being lost.
All three aircraft carriers were out of port on this weekend. So our most valuable assets were saved. Interestingly all three aircraft carriers were out of port during the previous weekend. The Navy had broken the Japanese code many months before. They knew.
Old naval ships were placed in Pearl Harbor while the fleet valuable ships were elsewhere.
Lives were lost. However, that's a different subject than what my mentioning concerned. FDR knew about the Japanese plan to bomb Pearl Harbor beforehand. This is why these ships were moved in to port and others removed. It was an intentional act and FDR knew lives would be lost. Pearl Harbor is similar to 9-11. Our government knew beforehand and didn't act to prevent lives from being lost.
Roosevelt has the blood of 2403 people who died at Pearl Harbor on his hands.