09-21-2018, 12:12 PM
(09-21-2018, 08:28 AM)TheNomad Wrote:(09-21-2018, 06:23 AM)Tuss Wrote: the US had been in a Crisis "mood" for over a decade at that point. Of course, in December 1941 there was a lot of Day of Infamy talk that happened to land in fertile soil. FDR must have felt greatly relieved the day the Japanese eventually struck and Hitler declared war, as up to that point there was a certain shortage of legit reasons to go to war with Germany.
So odd how war was what was needed, we didn't want to get involved, and FDR was "relieved" PH happened... the word "convenient" used in the post struck me strange. Churchill just breathed a sigh of relief too (along with FDR) that the attack happened. All so relieved their woes could be solved neatly.
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Well, a navy guy decided a war was needed, and prepped a memo on how to provoke Japan. There was a list of a bunch of things that could start a war, such as freezing oil. They never proved FDR saw the memo, but all the things suggested by it were done...
The only suspense was whether Hitler would declare war on the US, which he conveniently did.
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