Anthony is exactly right. WSC's warnings to Stalin suggest strongly that he would have warned FDR had he known. What had Britain to gain by a demolished U.S. fleet and Japan supreme in the Pacific? Churchill's main concern, that the Americans adopt a Hitler-first strategy, would have been better served by forestalling or defeating the Japanese attack rather than being surprised and badly damaged by it. Either way, the USA was going to war. Either way, Hitler (stupidly) planned to declare war a few days later.
I was going to cite our website (the article by Ron Helgemo was published at least ten years ago) but I see that Todd has already listed it. http://www.winstonchurchill.org/learn/myths/myths/he-knew-of-pearl-harbour-attack The Musso story is similarly ancient. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat?hl=en.
