World War II Diaries:The Complete War Report
1941 November
E27 Aug 6, 2017
The American public is shocked by the deaths of some of the crew members of the destroyer Reuben James. Frank Knox, Secretary of the Navy declares that the sinking of the vessel was a cowardly action even worse than piracy. President Roosevelt accuses Hitler of ordering unprovoked attacks against American vessels. In Tokyo, the Japanese government secretly approves Plan Z, the attack against Pearl Harbour, planned by the Imperial Navy Captain Minoru Genda and overseen by Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto. The latter had initially opposed a war against the US fearing its potential. As an alumnus of the University of Harvard he knows America well. In the London press, Winston Churchill publishes an article in which, among other things, he affirms that no one is suffering more than the Jews the evils brought by Hitler and his sickening regime which repudiates human beings.