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@cdarwin I was a graduate student of a Canadian whose parents were prisoners in these camps and migrated to Canada when they were liberated. His parents never returned to the United States, only his sister who was born there, because their grief was so great.

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Xenotar

@SnowshadowII @cdarwin They moved to Canada after being prisoner in US, may be because Canada didn't bomb Japan.

SnowshadowII :maple:

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ETA: Perhaps they were not aware of our participation.
Copied and pasted from "reflections on Canadian History"

"Canada was involved in the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki because the uranium used was from the Eldorado Refinery in Port Hope, Ontario, one of the only mines left that wasn’t under Nazi control. Canada also provided a safe working environment, far from the battlefields, for British scientists working on the Manhattan Project. Also, Canadian scientists played a crucial role in the project from its beginning. They discovered uranium 235, helped to create the first chain reaction using uranium 235, and discovered how to purify uranium 235. They were also part of the team working in New Mexico, which assembled the core of the first plutonium bomb. Men of the Sahtugot’ine people were hired as transporters for the uranium. The reasons stated show how Canada was involved on the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki."

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ETA: Perhaps they were not aware of our participation.
Copied and pasted from "reflections on Canadian History"

"Canada was involved in the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki because the uranium used was from the Eldorado Refinery in Port Hope, Ontario, one of the only mines left that wasn’t under Nazi control. Canada also provided a safe working environment, far from the battlefields, for British scientists working on the Manhattan Project. Also, Canadian scientists played a crucial...

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@SnowshadowII @cdarwin Indeed, this is little known and publicized.

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