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By January 1945, several Japanese Canadian men were attached to British units in the Far East as interpreters and translators. In total, about 200 Canadian Nisei joined Canadian forces during World War II. [54] Throughout the war, Canadians of "Oriental racial origin" were not called upon to perform compulsory military service. [53]
Canadian people who died in Japanese internment camps (1 P) Pages in category "Canadian prisoners of war in World War II" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total.
Nikkei Internment Memorial Centre is a museum that preserves and interprets one of ten Canadian concentration camps where more than 27,000 Japanese Canadians were incarcerated by the Canadian government during and after World War II (1942 to 1949). [2] The centre was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 2007. [2]
Kanao Inouye (井上 加奈雄 / カナオ・イノウエ, Inoyue Kanao, May 24, 1916 – August 27, 1947) [1] was a Japanese Canadian convicted of high treason and war crimes for his actions during World War II. Known as the "Kamloops Kid", he served as an interpreter and prison camp guard for the Imperial Japanese Army and the Kenpeitai ...
Japanese-Canadian internees (31 P) Pages in category "Internment of Japanese Canadians" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total.
The Tashme Incarceration Camp (/ ˈ t æ ʒ m ɪ / [Anglicized pronunciation] or / ˈ t ɑː ʃ ɪ m ɪ / [Japanese pronunciation]) was a purpose-built incarceration camp constructed to forcibly detain people of Japanese ancestry living on the West Coast of Canada during World War II after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
This is an incomplete list of Japanese-run military prisoner-of-war and civilian internment and concentration camps during World War II. Some of these camps were for prisoners of war (POW) only. Some also held a mixture of POWs and civilian internees, while others held solely civilian internees.
The Angler Camp was designed to hold prisoners who were a threat to Canada.As a result, several German POWs were held there; however, the Angler Camp held not only enemy soldiers but also innocent Japanese Canadian citizens (who were not placed in the camp until about a year after the escape attempt).