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attack on pearl Harbor
At 8:00 am, Japan attacked Pearl Harbor. 24,000 people where killed and 21 ships were sunk and damaged. -
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japanese internment camps
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executive order 9066
President Roosevelt issued the executive order 9066 which maintained the borders on the east and west coasts - Japanese on the west and germans on the east. -
HMS Stronghold
HMS Stronghold was sunk by Japanese cruiser Maya in the Pacific. -
Operation K
The japanese enacted 'Operation K' in an attempt to disrupt the repairs on Pearl Harbor. They where unsuccessful. -
General Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur abandoned Fort Corregidor, leaving behind 90000 American and Philipino troops with no supplies or support on Roosevelt's orders. The troops where later captured by the Japanese. -
end of world war ll
Germany signed an unconditional surrender that ended World War ll. -
little boy
The United States drops atomic bomb -"Little Boy"- onto Hiroshima. -
Japanese Internment Ends
Japanese Internement is stopped, and Japanese Americans begin to be released from their camps.
Quote: "May the injustice and humiliation suffered here as a result of histeria, racism, and economic exploition never emerge again."
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japanese american evacuation claims act
Congress passes the Japanese Evacuation Claims Act. -
reconceliation
President Reagan signed a paper aknowloging that we were wrong, and gave each family of the surviving Japanese refugees 20,000 dollers.
