Japanese Internment “The Yellow Peril” WWII in Canada.

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Japanese Internment “The Yellow Peril” WWII in Canada

Canadian POWs in Hong Kong

Almost 2000 Canadians attacked Hong Kong in Japanese troops armed with superior weapons attacked

1672 Canadians were captured and sent to a POW camp in Japan

The prisoners, treated inhumanely, suffered from disease and starvation.

In 1998 our own Canadian government compensated our Hong Kong veterans $ each

Back in Canada – War Measures Act invoked again

Fear of Japanese Canadians working as spies resulted in the internment of

Japanese Canadians were seized, held in barns at Hastings Park then moved into BC’s interior

The gov’t confiscated Japanese property, possessions were auctioned off and owners received nothing Anti-Japanese marches in Vancouver convinced 750 people to move voluntarily

1945 – Japanese Canadians were forced to either move back to Japan or permanently settle east of the Rocky Mountains

1988 – our Gov’t apologized and compensated those still Alive $ each and restored Canadian citizenship to those deported 3964 Japanese Canadians were deported, 2000 of them Canadian citizens