Japanese Internment Camps

By KingstonR

  • WW2 Begins

    WW2 Begins
    WW2 starts with Hitlers invasion of Poland, setting the stage for years to come.

  • Hideki Tojo Steps Up

    Hideki Tojo Steps Up
    Hideki Tojo comes into power during WW2, and is responsible for the various war crimes Japan commited.

  • Attack on Pearl Harbor

    Attack on Pearl Harbor
    Japan attacks Pearl Harbor which is the start of two big things. First, Canada starts interning Japanese Canadians, secondly, America responds years later with the Fat Man and Little Boy atomic bombs.

  • Japanese Internment Begins

    Japanese Internment Begins
    Fearing that the Japanese Canadians in Canada would betray Canada for their home country, Canada puts all Japanese in internment camps.

  • WW2 Ends

    WW2 Ends
    Formal documents of surrender are signed by Japan, although they were technically defeated on August 9, 1945, the bombing of Nagasaki. Even though the Japanese were defeated, internment still continues.

  • Internment Ends

    Internment Ends
    Years after the war ended, the Japanese that were interned are released.

  • Apology from Brian Mulroney

    Apology from Brian Mulroney
    Brian Mulroney, Prime Minister of Canada at the time, apologizes to the Japanese that were interned, and their descendents.

  • Terms of Agreement Signed

    Terms of Agreement Signed
    Mulroney signs a formal agreement with the National Association of Japanese Canadians.