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California Defined
as a Military Zone

• from U.S. Government Records, 1943 •


The attached illustration was created by the U.S. Government during the early days of World War II and will help to illustrate how enormous the task of Japanese-American “relocation” must have been.

Click here to read about the Japanese-American internment camps of W.W. II.


Click here to read some of the reasoning that was offered for this step…

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California Defined as a Military Zone

US West Coast Divided Into Military Zones 1942US Department of War + US West Coast Map 1945US Dept of War Divides California Into Military Zones 1942Teacher's ResourceWebsite for History TeachersWebsite for TeachersTeaching U.S. HistoryAmerican History Teachers WebsiteJapanese Internment Camp History Lesson
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