1. JAPANESE INTERNMENT AND THE BOMB
The End of WWII

2. The apology Page 101-The 1988 Apology
Based on the apology, what happened?

3. 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

4. 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
See- CSI- Page 92,

5. 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 feared, not trusted and suspected of possibly being spies
Perceived as a threat by the public…but (page 94, evidence 4.4)

6. Japanese Internment Page 96
Feb 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

7. 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

8. 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)

11. Experience
Page , and 4.57

12. The BOMB

13. 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

15. 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”, Fat Man days later on Nagasaki
1st atomic bomb unleashed on the world

16. 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

17. Hiroshima & Nagasaki after the Bomb

18. 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

19. Was the Dropping of the Atomic Bomb on Japan Justified?