Did President Franklin Roosevelt know Pearl Harbor was going to be attacked? On December 7, 1941 the United States of America was attacked at the naval base in Pearl Harbor by the Empire of Japan. It was a day considered by President Roosevelt to live in infamy. Pearl Harbor was the home to a large part of the United States aircraft carrier fleet. It was definitely an intriguing attack site for Japan to hit. The attack was …showed first 75 words of 1468 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1468 total…or Germany. 6 Prange says that the President made an obvious attempt to keep himself away from commitment of war because no officer higher than a captain attended the military meetings. Prange thinks that Roosevelt knew exactly what he was doing and knew that the President had boundaries that he would not cross for any reason. Another reason that it looked President Roosevelt had no involvement with a conspiracy to get the United States into t