They really were much different Relocation Camps and Internment camps were the same thing just that relocation camps were the real camps and internment camps were where the Japanese Americans had to go before they made the relocation camps.
The American government placed people of Japanese descent into internment camps for fear that they would be succeptible to acts of espionage.
In the US, there were three types of "internment camp": WCCA Civilian Assembly Centers, WRA Relocation Centers, and the DOJ's Internment Camps. The Pacific coastal states of California, Oregon, and Washington had quite a few camps, but there were also camps in New Mexico, Texas, Idaho, Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, and Montana.See the related Wikipedia link listed below for more information:
The Japanese-American internment was euphemistically referred to as "War Relocation Camps" which was one way of calling what were essentially concentration camps .
Yes, children were killed in internment camps.
10. Gila River War Relocation Center, Arizona Granada War Relocation Center, Colorado (AKA Amache) Heart Mountain War Relocation Center, Wyoming Jerome War Relocation Center, Arkansas Manzanar War Relocation Center, California Minidoka War Relocation Center, Idaho Poston War Relocation Center, Arizona Rohwer War Relocation Center, Arkansas Topaz War Relocation Center, Utah Tule Lake War Relocation Center California
Isolated locations
the Japanese internment camps in the US, to stop any spying, conspiracy, etc.
"Japanese-American internment" where US citizens sere forcibly relocated into what was euphemistically referred to as "War Relocation Camps" : Executive Order 9066 .
Japanese Americans had to be forced out from their homes, cities and businesses and sent to relocation camps.
US Internment Camps during WW IIThe related link site will have a map of all the Japanese-American Internment camps in the United States during World War II.
The American government placed people of Japanese descent into internment camps for fear that they would be succeptible to acts of espionage.
In the US, there were three types of "internment camp": WCCA Civilian Assembly Centers, WRA Relocation Centers, and the DOJ's Internment Camps. The Pacific coastal states of California, Oregon, and Washington had quite a few camps, but there were also camps in New Mexico, Texas, Idaho, Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, and Montana.See the related Wikipedia link listed below for more information:
They were relocation camps for Japanese American citizens for security reasons after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii 07 Dec 1941 They were not POW or concentration camps.
There were seven states that had Japanese Internment Camps in the US, they were, Colorado, Arizona, Wyoming, Arkansas, California, Idaho, and Utah.
The Japanese-American internment was euphemistically referred to as "War Relocation Camps" which was one way of calling what were essentially concentration camps .
Yes it is true. Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, President FDR issued Executive Order 9066 which lead to the relocation of thousands of Japanese-Americans to internment camps. Though not as harsh as concentration camps set up by the Germans, people died and living conditions were rough.
there are 39 diffrent Japanese internment camps