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South Seas Mandate in World War II

  • Operation HailstoneIn 1939, Japanese troops established Truk Lagoon as a forward operating base for the Imperial Navy's 4th Fleet. By 1944, American leaders called it the…
  • Battle of Wake IslandIn January 1941, the United States Navy began construction of a military base on the atoll. On the 19th of August, the first permanent military garrison…
  • Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity SphereIn the autumn of 1872, United States minister to Japan Charles DeLong explained to U.S. General Charles LeGendre that he had been urging the Government of…