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Background on the Japanese and Americans in WWII stranded in each other’s respective country. Americans were pretty much able to get out of Japan after Decembe

Background on the Japanese and Americans in WWII stranded in each other’s respective country. Americans were pretty much able to get out of Japan after December 7th. I believe the police arrived to talk and quarantine them all, but all the reporters I know made it out on their own easily within the next month or two. Same thing in Germany. William Shirer was reporting from Berlin as an American up until early 1942. The Japanese Embassy in the US was arrested en-masse and put into a hotel for the duration of the war. A fun game the State Department would play is encouraging them to file requests for better conditions, equalizing their treatment with the Germans (who got better treatment since they did not surprise attack), and then rebuking them in a face to face meeting for all their requests (violates saving face norm of Japanese society).

opo 8y ago
Do you have any sources for any of this? For example: >...Americans were pretty much able to get out of Japan after December 7th. Well... I didn't see any references specially on Japan itself, but when Japan took over Guam, they interned: >...and 100 civilian men, including businessmen and the American Catholic priests, as well as the Spanish Catholic Bishop, Miguel Olano. According to official records nineteen of them died while they were prisoners. All of them suffered from malnutrition and exposure. https://www.guampedia.com/wwii-prisoners-of-war-sent-to-japan/ https://www.guampedia.com/wwii-prisoners-of-war-sent-to-japa... >...Same thing in Germany. William Shirer was reporting from Berlin as an American up until early 1942. According to wikipedia: >...subsequently tipped off that the Gestapo was building an espionage case against him, which carried the death penalty. Shirer began making arrangements to leave Germany, which he did in December 1940. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_L._Shirer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_L._Shirer

opo 8y ago

Do you have any sources for any of this? For example: >...Americans were pretty much able to get out of Japan after December 7th. Well... I didn't see any references specially on Japan itself, but when Japan took over Guam, they interned: >...and 100 civilian men, including businessmen and the American Catholic priests, as well as the Spanish Catholic Bishop, Miguel Olano. According to official records nineteen of them died while they were prisoners. All of them suffered from malnutrition and exposure. https://www.guampedia.com/wwii-prisoners-of-war-sent-to-japan/ https://www.guampedia.com/wwii-prisoners-of-war-sent-to-japa... >...Same thing in Germany. William Shirer was reporting from Berlin as an American up until early 1942. According to wikipedia: >...subsequently tipped off that the Gestapo was building an espionage case against him, which carried the death penalty. Shirer began making arrangements to leave Germany, which he did in December 1940. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_L._Shirer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_L._Shirer