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Japanese internment

Japanese internment

In February 1942 all Japanese Americans were ordered to internment camps.

Witness History: World War Two history · BBC World Service

February 17, 20128m 58s

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Show Notes

In February 1942 all Japanese Americans were ordered to internment camps.

They were viewed as a threat to US security during World War II.

Photo: A Japanese American family preparing to go to an internment camp.

(Credit: Dorothea Lange/Hulton Archive/Getty Images.)