Pearl Harbour and Japanese Canadians The Atomic Bomb Pearl Harbour and Japanese Canadians

The U. S. A. and Japan did not like each other because the U. S. A The U.S.A. and Japan did not like each other because the U.S.A. did not want to trade oil with Japan Japan was angry and attacked Pearl Harbour in Hawaii, U.S.A.

The Japanese killed 2408 and destroyed 188 airplanes Peal Harbour was an army base so the people that died were mostly American soldiers The bombing of Pearl Harbour occurred on December 7th 1941 Video

The U.S.A. gets revenge The U.S.A. gets revenge by dropping the first atomic bomb on Japan The U.S.A. dropped a bomb on Hiroshima. The bomb was called “Little Boy” This killed 71,000 Japanese and 68,000 were hurt…these were mostly civilians Three days later they dropped a bomb on Nagasaki . The bomb was called “Fat Man” This killed 35,000 Japanese and hurt 60,000

How did Pearl Harbour affect Canada? By 1941 there were 23,000 people of Japanese heritage living in Canada….mostly in British Columbia After Pearl Harbour the Canadian government thought that some Japanese Canadians were spies The government took away their land and put them in internment camps These camps allowed the Canadian government to keep a close watch on the Japanese