PART 1 Canadians of Japanese Ancestry Unit 3 WW2 PART 1 Canadians of Japanese Ancestry

In the Beginning Emperor Hirohito – Part of the ‘Axis Powers’, along with Hitler and Mussolini Time of Japanese imperialism (expansion of their empire in the Pacific) Dec 1941 Attack Pearl Harbor and the colony of Hong Kong – Being defended by Canadian soldiers Now at war with Japan - Pacific

A Defensive Canada Canada feels vulnerable. A Japanese attack on Canadian soil is possible and feared Pre-existing racism towards Japanese Canadians is aggravated by a fear of an attack

Canadians of Japanese Ancestry - General Japanese Canadians look different May speak a different language have different customs Live close to the coastline Work mostly in the fisheries Although many have been Canadian for generations they are fears, not trusted and suspected of possibly being spies Perceived as a threat

Treatment of Canadian’s of Japanese Ancestry Striped of their rights / property / possessions Loose the right to vote Forbidden employment Forbidden to attend school Carry id cards Property and possessions (homes, cars, fishing boats) confiscated Property later sold at reduced rates to pay for their (Involuntary) internment

Japanese Internment Feb 1942. Mackenzie King announced that all Japanese Canadians would be forcibly removed from within a hundred–mile swath of the Pacific coast To “safeguard the defences of the Pacific Coast of Canada.” They were uprooted from their homes, stripped of their property, and dispersed across Canada

Japanese Canadians 22,000 people were taken from their homes and scattered throughout BC. The Canadian government set up 8 internment camps in interior BC Dreadful conditions – cold, lack of fresh water, poor nutrition, disease… After the war people were given a choice: to be scattered over eastern Canada or deported to Japan (10,000) Slideshow Peoples History Clip Disk 12

Unit 3 World War 2 Part 2 The A-bomb

The Bomb America had a top-secret plan: - Manhattan Project – To design and deliver an atom bomb before anybody else does Included participation from England and Canada Oppenhiemer – Lead Physicist

The End of the War The A-Bomb August 6, 1945, a lone American bomber flew high over the Japanese city of Hiroshima Dropped a single bomb named “Little Boy” 1st atomic bomb unleashed on the world

The A-bomb continued 90,000–166,000 killed at Hiroshima 60,000–80,000 killed at Nagasaki Thousands would die later from radiation poisoning Leukemia

Hiroshima & Nagasaki after the Bomb

V- J Day Japan surrendered August 14 – 1945 The War was OVER!!!! The new world order Two new world super – powers Atomic age A territorial war based on ideas (communism vs. free democracy / capitalism) The Cold War begins