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The US government felt that the Japanese Americans might spy for Japan and the government sent them to internment camps.
During World War II, the US government, under Executive Order 9066, authorized the internment of Japanese Americans. Approximately 120,000 individuals of Japanese ancestry, including both US citizens and non-citizens, were forcibly removed from their homes and relocated to internment camps. The involvement included government officials, military personnel, and law enforcement authorities.
No --- I believe you're thinking of Manzanar. Manzanar was an internment camp used for the Japanese during WWII.
Japanese American internment / Executive Order 9066 .
Not anymore, but there were in the Second World War. They were known more commonly as internment camps during those times; the term concentration camp was created by the Nazis in the 1930's.
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The Japanese Internment in the United States started in 1942, during World War II.
Japanese-Americans were sent to internment camps during World War II. This internment occurred even if they were no threat.
The largest Japanese Internment Camp built during World War 2 was the Oikawa camp in Nevada. It held approximately 50,000 people against their will during the war.
the Japanese Americans.
Japanese Americans living in the U.S. and Hawaii.
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.