Japanese U.S.
Japanese Americans in the United States during World War II-- the forced relocation and incarceration in concentration camps in the western interior of the country of between 110,000 and 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry, most of whom lived on the Pacific coast.
internment camps
the distance of the removal of "enemy aliens" from British Columbia
100 miles
The two Latin-American countries with the most Japanese citizens
Brazil and Peru
was a massive, joint military aircrew training program created by the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, during the Second World War.
BCATP (British Commonwealth Air Training Program)
an Allied assault on the German-occupied port of Dieppe, France on 19 August 1942, during the Second World War. The main assault lasted less than six hours until strong German defenses and mounting Allied losses forced its commanders to call a retreat
Operation Jubilee
best known for its history as a fighting unit composed almost entirely of second-generation American soldiers of Japanese ancestry who fought in World War II.
442nd infantry
road, prisoner of war, self-supporting
the kinds of internment camps (10)
Japanese Latin Americans were singled out for the express purpose of this.......unlike in the U.S. and Canada
prisoner exchange programs
The longest continuous military campaign in World War II, running from 1939 to the defeat of Germany in 1945, was a major part of the naval history of World War II.
Battle of the Atlantic
He wanted to avoid battles but he also wanted it to appear that Canada had done her part
a landmark United States Supreme Court case concerning the constitutionality of Executive Order 9066, which ordered Japanese Americans into internment camps during World War II regardless of their citizenship
Korematsu vs. U.S.
this happened to 4000 Japanese Canadians during the war
stripped of citizenship and deported
they were targeted by their own gov't and interned in various camps in the U.S.
Japanese Peruvians
As a civilian vessel, she had women and children on board, and many of them were among the 137 who died. Her sinking, and large death toll, made it clear that the war had really arrived on Canada's and Newfoundland's home front, and is cited by many historians as the most significant sinking in Canadian-controlled waters during the Second World War
S.S. Caribou
some historians argue this battle was "not in vain as it convinced officials of the resources needed for future amphibious attacks." Others argue that few lessons were learned, that it was a military disaster and should have been avoided
Dieppe
* military necessity
* protection of Japanese Americans
*race prejudice
*war hysteria
*failure of political leadership
reasons for Japanese internment
in an effort to provide education in the internment camps, these two entities intervened in British Columbia
federal gov't and churches
banned in Latin America during the war
Japanese instruction, language, and newspapers
a German submarine used in World War I or World War II.
U-boat
Most women served in Canada but some served overseas, most in roles such as secretaries, mechanics, cooks and so on. The CWAC was finally abolished as a separate corps in 1964 when women were fully integrated into the Canadian armed forces
Jill Canucks
the site of a relocation centre in Colorado under the WRA
Granada
It remained illegal for Japanese Canadians to return to this city until 1949
Vancouver
this Latin country declared war on the Axis in 1942, and Japanese countrymen could not travel without a police escort and could not drive motor vehicles
Brazil (Vargas)
Hitler wanted to destroy British air defenses to make way for an invasion of the country. ... Many Canadian pilots fought with the British military. The Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) number one squadron went into action during this event
Battle of Britain
Canadian icon representing nearly one million Canadian women who worked in the manufacturing plants that produced amunitions and material during World War II.
Bren-gun girl