The Presidents Part 7 Franklin Delano Roosevelt

remainder of Indo-China, he cut off the sales of oil. Japan thus lost more than 95% of its oil supply. On December 6, 1941, President Roosevelt read an intercepted Japanese message and told his assistant Harry Hopkins, "This means war." He never warned Admiral Husband Kimmel or Lt. Gen. Walter Short after reception of the message before the Pearl Harbor attack. On December 7, 1941, the Japanese attacked the US Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor, destroying or damaging 16 warships, including most ...
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