Western Defense Command exclusion zones

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The Western Defense Command exclusion zones were designated West Coast military areas during World War II from which Japanese Americans were forcibly removed and incarcerated under U.S. government orders.

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Label Occurrences
Western Defense Command exclusion zones canonical 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II home front policy ⓘ
military exclusion zone ⓘ
affectedPopulationSize over 110000 Japanese Americans ⓘ
appliesDuringConflict World War II ⓘ
appliesToEthnicGroup Japanese Americans ⓘ
Japanese immigrants ⓘ
authorizedBy U.S. Army ⓘ
linked to: United States Army

War Department of the United States ⓘ
consequence family separation for Japanese Americans ⓘ
long-term economic harm to Japanese American communities ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
createdBy Western Defense Command ⓘ
criticizedBy Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians ⓘ
discriminatoryBasis national origin ⓘ
race ⓘ
documentedIn Civilian Exclusion Orders posted in affected communities ⓘ
U.S. government military orders ⓘ
endTime 1945 ⓘ
hasPart Military Area No. 1 ⓘ
Military Area No. 2 ⓘ
linked to: Military Area No. 1
historicalAssessment violation of civil liberties ⓘ
implementedBy General John L. DeWitt ⓘ
U.S. Army Western Defense Command ⓘ
legalBasis Executive Order 9066 ⓘ
Public Law 503 ⓘ
locatedIn Arizona ⓘ
California ⓘ
Oregon ⓘ
Washington (state) ⓘ
linked to: Washington

West Coast of the United States ⓘ
opposedBy civil liberties organizations ⓘ
some members of Congress ⓘ
partOf U.S. domestic wartime security measures ⓘ
policyType mass exclusion ⓘ
wartime internment policy ⓘ
purpose prevent alleged espionage and sabotage ⓘ
remove persons of Japanese ancestry from designated coastal areas ⓘ
relatedTo Civilian Exclusion Orders ⓘ
Japanese American internment ⓘ
War Relocation Authority ⓘ
relocation centers ⓘ
result forced removal of Japanese Americans ⓘ
incarceration of Japanese Americans in War Relocation Authority camps ⓘ
loss of homes and businesses for Japanese Americans ⓘ
startTime 1942 ⓘ
targetPopulation all persons of Japanese ancestry, including U.S. citizens ⓘ
timePeriod 1940s ⓘ

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Japanese American internment → appliesToJurisdiction → Western Defense Command exclusion zones ⓘ