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Conspiracy | 2. Was Pearl Harbor an inside job?

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4.34.7K Ratings

🗓️ 25 January 2024

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

On 7 December 1941, Japan attacked the US naval base at Pearl Harbor. It's one of the most notorious surprise attacks in history, but how much of a surprise was it? Did US President Franklin Roosevelt in fact know that the attack was coming and even encourage it as a means of propelling the US into World War Two? In this new episode of Conspiracy, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Steve Twomey joins Rob Attar to tackle the "back door to war" conspiracy theory, explaining why many Americans have been willing to believe in a president's treachery. The HistoryExtra podcast is produced by the team behind BBC History Magazine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome to Just Between Us, the podcast with all of the answers, some of the time.

0:05.0

A bit of a different thing going on this week.

0:07.3

You've been immature and you've lied.

0:10.3

And now you're trying to turn it on me and manipulate me and gaslight me.

0:13.9

I was trying to manipulate you.

0:15.7

Diana, you would be chucking their clothes out of the window.

0:18.1

I know, I'd be like, are you joking?

0:20.6

I don't know.

0:21.7

I guess you'd have to ask.

0:23.5

Someone that has sex.

0:24.2

Someone that has sex.

0:26.2

And remember, it's just between us.

0:31.4

On the 7th of December, 1941, a day that would live in infamy, Japan attacked the US naval base at Pearl Harbor,

0:43.3

killing more than 2,400 people, sinking a number of ships and destroying dozens of aircraft.

0:49.3

It's one of the most notorious surprise attacks in history, But how much of a surprise was it? Did

0:55.2

US President Franklin Roosevelt know the attack was coming, and even encourage it as a means of

1:01.2

propelling the US into World War II? Welcome to Conspiracy from History Extra. I am Rob Atar, and to explore this backdoor to war conspiracy theory, I was joined by Steve Twomey,

1:16.6

a Pulitzer's Prize winning journalist and the author of Countdown to Pearl Harbor,

1:21.6

The Twelve Days to the Attack.

1:26.6

Before we dig into the conspiracy theories, I wonder if you could briefly explain the events of the 7th of December, 1941, the attack on Pearl Harbor.

1:35.9

The attack occurred at a time of incredibly tense relations between the United States and Japan.

1:42.0

For months, the two sides have been negotiating about how, my phrase,

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