Internment of Japanese Americans. The internment of Japanese Americans in the United States during World War II was the forced relocation and incarceration in concentration camps in the western interior of the country of about 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry, most of whom lived on the Pacific Coast.
The first was Virginia, the last was Georgia.
It freed Cuba, gave americans something to consider, and gave practice for the army and navy
Specifically, the Battle of the Coral Sea prevented the Japanese carriers Shōkaku and Zuikaku from joining in the Battle of Midway one month later.
