When the Emperor Was Divine
When the Emperor Was Divine
When the Emperor Was Divine — book list
General Resources
Japanese American Internment – Issues in American History
Executive Order 9066
What led to the internment of Japanese civilians in
the western U.S., how was the plan carried out and why?
The Decision To Evacuate the Japanese From the Pacific Coast
Lt. Gen. J. L. DeWitt’s Final Report; Japanese Evacuation from the West Coast 1942.
Executive Order 9066: The Internment of
110,000 Japanese Americans
Japanese Internment Camps
Japanese living in America were rounded up and sent to
internment camps, where they lived in barracks. These were not spies, collaborationists or sympathizers; they were Americans. What were the
conditions in the camps? What did the people do while they were imprisoned?
Confinement and Ethnicity: Overview of WWII
Japanese Relocation Camps
Manzanar National Historic Site
Densho: The Japanese American Legacy Project
Japanese American Exhibit and Access Project
War Relocation Camps in Arizona 1942 – 1946
Fort Missoula Federal Detention Center
Evacuation and Internment of San Francisco Japanese
Shintoism
Dominant religious philosophy in Japan before and during World War II. It believed the emperor divine, and was instrumental in the Japanese battle tactics and philosophy of war.
Emperor Hirohito
Japanese people believed Hirohito was a god. What
role did he play in the decision to attack the United States? What was his function during World War II? What happened to him at the
end of the war?
American Experience: Emperor Hirohito
Kamikaze
“The divine wind” strategy to turn the tide of battle in the
Pacific war. Where did this idea originate? Why were these young men willing to crash their planes into United States naval vessels and die?
Japanese suicide attacks at sea
Suicide Tactics: The Kamikaze During WWII
Kamikaze: Notes from a suicide manual
Thunder Gods and Kamikazes: the suicide air offensives of World War II
Japanese Immigration to America
Japanese people began immigrating long before World War II. Why did these people move to America? How did they survive once they arrived? How did they contribute to their new
homeland?
Historical Overview: Japanese Americans
Japanese attacks on American West Coast
Submarine attacks and aerial attacks were feared by the civilian and military populations of the West Coast. How real were
those fears? What types of attacks did the Japanese
actually launch? Were they successful?
The Japanese bomb the Continental U.S. West Coast
Japanese submarines prowl the U.S. Pacific coastline in 1941
Japanese bombing of the West Coast
Defense of the western hemisphere
Women in WW II
With most of the men fighting overseas, women’s role in
society changed. They weren’t simply housewives, but factory
workers, pilots, nurses, and served their country in many ways unheard of in pre-WW II America.
A People at War: Women Who Served
WASP: Women Airforce Service Pilots
Rationing
With raw materials and processed goods fueling the war effort, many items at home were rationed, such as rubber, gum, tobacco, and food items. How did people stretch their rationed items and still feed and clothe their families?
Living with War: Food rationing
German and Italian Internment
Not only were the Japanese rounded up and sent to internment camps, but German-Americans and Italian Americans also were
imprisoned. Why? These were American citizens.
The internment of German American civilians
Japanese, German, and Italian-American Alien Internment
Injustice ignored: The Internment of Italian
- Americans during World War II
History of the Internment of German-American Civilians during World War II
Japanese American Soldiers in World War II
Japanese American Soldiers in WWII