Pearl Harbor: Why was it chosen? What did FDR know? What was Stalin's role? Was it a sneak attack?

A selection of propaganda free posts on the road to World War. Was Pearl Harbor a sneak attack? Or a provoked attack?

By Michael Flores Dec 7, 2023 

I bet less than 10% of the country actually knows how and why Pearl Harbor was selected by Japan. Conspiracy theory? I have an annoying habit of naming names and their roles. Russia and Japan had fought before. They were sworn enemies. The target was supposed to be Russia....

The international spy ring had orders to prevent a war between Russia and Japan, who had many conflicts large and small over the years. In June of 1941 when Hitler broke the peace pact with Stalin the fear was that Japan would launch an attack from the East and force Stalin to fight a two front war.

The Soviet master spy Sorge who had set up spy rings all over the world using Communist Parties as recruitment centers, went to Japanese newspaper journalist and spy Hotsumi Ozaki and Kinkazu Saionji and ordered them to get to work trying to stop Japan from attacking Russia but instead to attack the United States, British and Dutch outposts. 

Ozaki had worked his way from his press position to adviser to Prince Konoye, Saionji was a member of the group that met every morning with the Imperial Cabinet to discuss the international politics of the day. Both began arguing that without an attack on western forces, there wouldn't be enough oil for Japan to fight a war, and Russia had little of it. The Japanese military, which had wanted to attack the Soviet Union, began to change their minds.

In the United States Communists and spies sprang into action. .............To Read More....Much More, and worth your time.