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This 20 page paper examines the role of Britain in regards to Pearl Harbor, and explores the idea that they had intelligence which informed them about Pearl Harbor before it happened, and that they did not warn the U.S. This paper presents the evidence against Britain as well as their motivations. Bibliography lists 13 sources.
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one of the most memorable battles in American history, and certainly among its most devastating. While this battle immediately drew the U.S. into World War II, there is evidence
to suggest that Britain played an important role as well. While the attack at Pearl Harbor was so devastating due to the element of surprise, there is a great
deal of evidence which suggests that Britain knew about the attack before it happened, and did not warn the U.S. in order to draw the U.S. into the war, which
would in turn benefit Britain. There were certainly a plethora of reasons for Britain to desire the presence of the
U.S. in World War II. First, and most importantly, was the fact that the Nazis were penetrating all areas of Europe, and even Britain got to the point where
they were seriously threatened. Churchill knew that no kind of compromise would be possible, and he knew he needed the aid of the Americans. He also believed that
the Americans would not enter the war willingly, and therefore there is serious speculation that he knew of the impending attacks on Pearl Harbor but did not warn the United
States government, in order that we would have to respond. "Roosevelt had repeatedly and publicly stated that America would not
be the first to fire a shot in the war between the great powers" (Nassim, 2001). The American public didnt want war either, saying that they felt it was
a foreigners war, and that we had no business getting involved (Nassim, 2001). "A Gallup poll in 1941 showed that 80 percent of Americans were unwilling to enter a
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