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The actions of Japan leading up to World War II were also seen as cause for concern. Japan withdrew from the League of Nations in 1933, ignored the naval ratio set up by the Washington Naval Conference of 1922, refused to follow the Second London Naval Treaty in 1936, and allied with Germany with the Anti-Comintern Pact. Because many Canadians ...
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.
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]
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).
There were three types of camps for Japanese and Japanese-American civilians in the United States during World War II. Civilian Assembly Centers were temporary camps, frequently located at horse tracks, where Japanese Americans were sent as they were removed from their communities.
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.
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 ...
There were 40 known prisoner-of-war camps across Canada during World War II, although this number also includes internment camps that held Canadians of German and Japanese descent. [1] Several reliable sources indicate that there were only 25 or 26 camps holding exclusively prisoners from foreign countries, nearly all from Germany. [2] [3] [4]