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Japanese Internment Camps
After the US was bombed at Pearl Harbor, Japanese internment camps (also called War Relocation Camps by the US government) were set up in parts of Canada and the US. Thousands of Japanese Americans and Japanese Canadians were relocated to these internment camps, which were disbanded in 1945.
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Will a Japanese Famicom aka Japanese Nintendo mess up if it is plugged into an American outlet?
No, that's just a myth. It will work if plugged in correctly. Always check the voltage of a foreign device before plugging it in. Mayny electronic devices nowadays use switching powersupplies with wide input voltage ranges. As it is cheaper to design one supply capable of handling 100-240VAC on the input as opposed to one for each country's individual supply, they do that instead. On the power block or on the back of the unit there will be a sticker or molding that says the input voltage range. If it says 220V only, it cannot be used directly in the US, special steps are needed. If it says 120V, or a range encompasing 120V, it will work. Also note the line frequency. Again, most devices don't care (The first thing a switcher does is rectify it to DC), but if it doesn't say 60hz it will not work correctly. You have to use a converter. Because Japanese things have a different voltage level than America. Japan uses 100V, which is 60 hertz in western Japan and 50 hertz in eastern Japan. Radio Shack sells the converter you need.
What was the Japanese counterpart to the Nazi Gestapo?
The Japanese Gestapo - or Kempeitai - were very similar to the Gestapo in the way they operated, but had been around for much longer than the Gestapo (1881-1945).
Their numbers were considerably larger than that of the Gestapo, however - about 70,000, compared to the Gestapo's 32,000.
What were sports played in internment camps?
Sports Played In The internment camps were All japanese SPorts like Karate,sumo and judo
They even enlarged The field So that They can play those sports And so They couldn't only play one Sport at the same time But they could Play multiple and They Main cause why they Made fields was because They wouldn't be Bored In the camp.and They also Played Many American sports such as Basketball, ANd Baseball, They also Play Volleyball And football and Some sport called foosball.
Name the Japanese prisoner-of-war camp on Singapore?
During World War II, following the Fall of Singapore in February 1942, the Japanese military detained about 3,000 civilians in Changi Prison, which was built to house only 600 prisoners.
The Japanese used the British Army's Selarang Barracks, near the prison, as a prisoner of war camp, holding some 50,000 Allied - predominantly British and Australian soldiers.
Although POWs were rarely if ever held in the civilian prison, the name Changi became synonymous in the UK, Australia, and elsewhere with the POW camp.
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How long did the Heart mountain internment camp run for?
it ran from august 1942 to September 1945, it ran a little over three years
Differences between Trail of Tears and Japanese internment?
The Trail of Tears was when Cherokee Indians were taken from there homes by the government, and the Japanese Internment camps were there because the government didn't trust Japanese people.
What In the 1940s one result of portraying the Japanese as diabolical and crafty was that they were?
all of the above my guy (apex) ;)
Why does the Japanese fiscal year end in March?
Because that's when it started and fiscal years count 12 months, not '06 to '07.
Why were concentration camps known as death camps?
The Birkenau section (Auschwitz II) contained the biggest Nazi killing centre of all. The majority of Jews sent to Auschwitz were gassed or shot as soon as practical after arrival.
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Why did many Americans criticize Japanese internment?
Because one it was inhumane and second it showed that the U.S was afraid
Did people in internment camps starve?
No. The Japanese Internment camps were not hurtful, they simply isolated the Japanese from the rest of the country.
Why were Japanese-Americans placed into internment camps following the attack on Pearl Harbor?
The internment camps were established to limit communication between Japanese-Americans and Japan due to a condern that the planning of the attack on Pearl Harbor could lead to a direct attack on the US mainland. There was no difinite connection that someone within the US was or was not involved in the planning of the attack.
Was the Internment Camps of World War 2 a mistake?
The internment of the Japanese was a very serious error. The US Supreme Court ruled the action unconstituional. Later the government had to pay money to the families.
Why were Japanese internment camps instituted on world war 2?
Fear of possible spies and "Fifth Columnists" among the Japanese population on the US West Coast. These Japanese Americans were immigrants and their children, and many still retained much of their Japanese culture. Only a year or two earlier Fifth Columnists in Norway had helped the Nazis take over Norway after an invasion. There were fears the Japanese might invade the West Coast. The Japanese never had any plan to do so, but no one in the US knew that at the time. It was only Japanese-Americans living in the West Coast states who were interned, though this was where most of them did live. Any others living in scattered families in the central and eastern states were not interned. In Hawaii people of Japanese ancestry were close to half the population, and they also were not interned in camps. Another reason given at the time was that forcing the Japanese-Americans into camps was "for their own protection". There had been a rash of attacks by outraged citizens in the month or two after Pearl Harbor on any Asian person handy - most of whom turned out to be Chinese. This was truly monumentally moronic, since the conflict between the Japanese and the US was over the Japanese invasion of China. But to patriotism-blinded self-appointed vigilantes, they all looked alike. Something similar happened after 9/11, when Muslims in general and anyone wearing a turban (such as Sikhs) in the US were liable to be attacked by the same sort of ignoramuses.
Did the Japanese in internment camps keep peace?
The Japanese were peaceful in the interment camps but they suffered tremendously.
What games did Japanese Americans play in internment camps and how do you play them?
All i know is they played baseball
What is the similarity between Japanese Internment camps and the Nazi Concentration camps?
Japanese internment camps and concentration camps imprisoned citizens during WWII based on racial prejudice and distrust. Although violating their rights as citizens, the US treated the Japanese relatively humanely, whereas the Nazis treated the Jews and other prisoners as animals. The US did not rent out prisoners as labor, perform biological experiments, or deliberately exterminate prisoners. (Guards did kill and injure several Japanese who violated camp boundaries.) Both systems of camps were involuntary yet (at the time) legal restraints on citizens (though not always for foreign nationals). Both designated certain races the government believed to be "undesirable", "inferior" or "disloyal".
Why were Japanese on the west coast forced to live in internment camps?
the west coast was an exclusion zone.
they were believed to be spies and enemies of the state
How many people were in tule lake internment camp?
Tule Lake, in northern California, was one of the most infamous of the internment camps. Prisoners there held frequent demonstrations and strikes, demanding their rights under the U.S. Constitution. As a result, it was made a "segregation camp," and internees from other camps who had refused to take the loyalty oath or had caused disturbances were sent to Tule Lake. At its peak, Tule Lake held 18,789 internees. Tule Lake was also one of the last camps to be closed, staying open until March 20, 1946.
What were theJapanese American internment camp conditions like?
This actually preceded the acts of the US in February 1942, which interned most of the Japanese-American citizens who lived on the US west coast.
Canada had already declared war on Germany in 1939.
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