South Seas Mandate

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The South Seas Mandate was a former League of Nations mandate administered by Japan after World War I, comprising several Pacific islands that later became strategically important in World War II.

All labels observed (4)

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Japanese colonial territory ⓘ
League of Nations mandate ⓘ
adminCenter Koror, Palau ⓘ
linked to: Koror
administeredBy Empire of Japan ⓘ
Nan’yō Government ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Nan’yō Chō ⓘ
South Seas Government ⓘ
linked to: South Seas Mandate
capital Chuuk ⓘ
linked to: Chuuk State

Jaluit ⓘ
linked to: Jaluit Atoll

Koror ⓘ
linked to: Koror Island
contains Caroline Islands ⓘ
Chuuk Islands ⓘ
linked to: Chuuk State

Kosrae ⓘ
linked to: Kosrae State

Marshall Islands ⓘ
Nauru (partly, with other powers) ⓘ
Northern Mariana Islands ⓘ
Palau ⓘ
Pohnpei ⓘ
Yap Islands ⓘ
createdBy League of Nations ⓘ
demilitarizationClause formally prohibited fortifications under mandate terms ⓘ
economicActivity copra production ⓘ
phosphate mining ⓘ
sugar cultivation ⓘ
endCause establishment of United Nations trusteeship system ⓘ
endTime 1947 ⓘ
establishedAfter World War I ⓘ
formerTerritoryOf Germany ⓘ
governedFrom Tokyo ⓘ
historicalEra Interwar period ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
languageUsed Japanese ⓘ
local Micronesian languages ⓘ
legalStatus Class C mandate ⓘ
locatedIn Micronesia ⓘ
Pacific Ocean ⓘ
officialName South Pacific Mandate ⓘ
population mostly Micronesian peoples ⓘ
predecessor German New Guinea ⓘ
German colonial empire in the Pacific ⓘ
sovereignState Empire of Japan ⓘ
linked to: Japan
startTime 1919 ⓘ
28 June 1919 ⓘ
strategicImportance major Japanese naval and air bases in World War II ⓘ
successor Territory of New Guinea ⓘ
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands ⓘ
usedFor Japanese southward expansion ⓘ
military fortifications before World War II ⓘ
violatedBy secret Japanese rearmament and base construction ⓘ

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Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Japanese colonial empire → hasPart → South Seas Mandate ⓘ
United Nations Trust Territory → precededBy → South Seas Mandate ⓘ
Wotje Atoll → wasPartOf → South Seas Mandate ⓘ
Enewetak Atoll → preWarMandate → South Seas Mandate ⓘ
South Seas Mandate → alsoKnownAs → South Seas Government ⓘ
linked to: South Seas Mandate
Bailey Olter → placeOfBirth → South Seas Mandate ⓘ
Mandated Islands → governedAs → South Seas Mandate ⓘ
Mandated Islands → officialName → South Seas Mandate ⓘ
Japanese South Pacific Mandate → officialName → South Seas Mandate ⓘ
Woleai Atoll → formerCountry → South Seas Mandate of Japan ⓘ
linked to: South Seas Mandate
Truk → wasPartOf → South Seas Mandate ⓘ
Strategic Trust Territory → predecessor → South Seas Mandate ⓘ
Satawan Atoll → controlledBy → South Seas Mandate ⓘ
Pacific Mandate territories → alsoKnownAs → South Seas Mandate ⓘ
Tonoas Island → wasPartOf → South Seas Mandate ⓘ
Nan’yō Chō → appliesToJurisdiction → South Seas Mandate ⓘ
Nan’yō Chō → replaced → Japanese military administration in the South Seas ⓘ
linked to: South Seas Mandate
Nan’yō Government → appliesToJurisdiction → South Seas Mandate ⓘ