The Impact of Pearl Harbor on the Pacific War

On the eleventh of december, four days after the a nose, germany declared war on america. This had real and immediate impacts for ordinary people - notably the significant japanese American community who were then living in the united states. An executive order was signed that resulted in the interment of about a hundred and ten thousand Japans. One of those interned was roy matamoto,. 28 years old at the time, born and raised in california. He recalled: I lost just about everything, almost all my personal property and financial assets. The government's excuse, it was alien property. I was so mad.