Unit 3 WW2

PART 1 Canadians of Japanese Ancestry

In the BeginningEmperor 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 CanadaCanada 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 - GeneralJapanese Canadians look differentMay speak a different languagehave different customsLive close to the coastlineWork 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 Canadians of Japanese AncestryStriped of their rights / property / possessions

Loose the right to voteForbidden employmentForbidden to attend schoolCarry id cardsProperty and possessions (homes, cars, fishing boats) confiscated

Property later sold at reduced rates to pay for their (Involuntary) internment

Japanese InternmentFeb 1942. Mackenzie King announced that all Japanese Canadians would be forcibly removed from within a hundredmile 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 Canadians22,000 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)

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Peoples History Clip Disk 12

Unit 3 World War 2Part 2 The A-bomb

The BombAmerica 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 WarThe A-BombAugust 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 continued90,000166,000 killed at Hiroshima

60,00080,000 killed at Nagasaki

Thousands would die later from radiation poisoningLeukemia

Hiroshima & Nagasaki after the Bomb

V- J DayJapan surrendered August 14 1945

The War was OVER!!!!

The new world orderTwo new world super powersAtomic ageA territorial war based on ideas (communism vs. free democracy / capitalism)

The Cold War begins