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Originally Posted by August
The FDR conspiracy theory goes back that far? I would have thought folks of the time would have an easier time believing in a Japanese 5th column.
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The other popular theory of the time was that the attack was carried out in German planes with Japanese markings. Or with German planning behind it, etc. As long as it wasn't the actual Japanese, who after all couldn't beat the inept and corrupt Chinese after ten years of war...so how could they have surprised us? The prevailing thought was that everything they made from guns to planes was a cheap knock-off of a Western model. There were some like Claire Chennault some who knew better, but not enough.