Western Defense Command exclusion zones

E438746

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.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Western Defense Command exclusion zones canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

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

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Japanese American internment appliesToJurisdiction Western Defense Command exclusion zones