Changing The World In One Day

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Changing The World In One Day "December 7, 1941, a day that will live in infamy." These were the words, used by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, to descried the day that the Japanese Empire launched a surprise attack against the United States. The attack was a brilliant military strike against the U.S. Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor. This was the day that thrust the United States into World War II. On December 8, President Roosevelt gave an inspirational speech to Congress and the American people. During his speech, Roosevelt asked Congress for a declaration of war against Japanese Empire . I have often wondered what would happen if the events of that day had not gone as the Japanese had planned. The American Military knew the Japanese were planning some kind of attack. We had already broken the Japanese code, so we had intelligence that suggested an attack was immanent, just nothing to indicate the time or place. Just imagine how different things would have been if we were able to intercept the attack. In fact, U.S. radar actually detected the incoming Japanese attackers. Unfortunately, they were mistaken for B-17s that were scheduled to arrive from the mainland. We had our chances to avoid a tragedy and missed all of them. What would have happened if the United States planned a counter attack against the Japanese fleet? For starters, it could be reasonably assumed that thousands of American lives would have been saved. Also, instead of our pacific fleet being devastated, we probably would have inflicted major damage to the Japanese Navy. Most assuredly, this would have committed the United States to World War II. However, instead of being on the defensive for almost seven months, the United States would have been on the offensive. It is my opinion that, in this scenario, the Japanese would have been defeated 12 to 18 months sooner. Furthermore , I believe the Japanese would have been defeated without the use of nuclear weapons. The war in the Pacific only accounted for part of the conflict, the

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