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Could the bombing of Pearl Harbor have been avoided and many lives been saved if the Americans had kept better track of Japanese intelligence, and if President Franklin D. Roosevelt had warned Pearl Harbor that it was going to be attacked? President Roosevelt denied intelligence to Hawaii, sent false information to Hawaii about the location of the Japanese carrier fleet, and misled commanders into believing that negotiations with Japan were continuing. In 1887 the U.S …

…fight. 5 If the United States and President Roosevelt had paid closer attention and not ignored warnings, and kept things in secret, I feel that the bombing of Pearl Harbor could have been avoided. Even if the war itself was not completely avoided the amount of distruction could have been kept to a minimum. The Unites States could definitely been more prepared for the attack if Roosevelt had not been so sneaky about the whole situation.