Japanese occupation of Wake Island

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The Japanese occupation of Wake Island was the World War II period during which Imperial Japan seized and controlled the small Pacific atoll from late 1941 until its surrender to Allied forces in 1945.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II Pacific theatre event ⓘ
military occupation ⓘ
aftermath war crimes trials of Japanese officers involved in Wake Island executions ⓘ
chronology began after Japanese victory in the Battle of Wake Island ⓘ
ended with formal Japanese surrender on Wake Island in September 1945 ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
controlledBy Imperial Japanese Navy 4th Fleet ⓘ
linked to: Japanese 4th Fleet
country Empire of Japan ⓘ
linked to: Japan
endTime 1945-09-04 ⓘ
followed Battle of Wake Island ⓘ
followedBy United States administration of Wake Island ⓘ
follows United States administration of Wake Island ⓘ
garrison Japanese army troops ⓘ
Japanese naval troops ⓘ
hasPart execution of prisoners of war on Wake Island ⓘ
forced labor on Wake Island ⓘ
imprisonment of American civilians ⓘ
involves American prisoners of war ⓘ
Imperial Japanese military personnel ⓘ
civilian contractors from the United States ⓘ
location Pacific Ocean ⓘ
Wake Island ⓘ
notableCommander Shigematsu Sakaibara NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupyingForce Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ
Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
opponent Allied forces ⓘ
United States Armed Forces ⓘ
partOf Japanese defensive perimeter in the Central Pacific ⓘ
Pacific War ⓘ
previousTerritorialHolder United States ⓘ
relatedTo Battle of Wake Island ⓘ
Central Pacific Area operations ⓘ
Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign ⓘ
result Japanese control of Wake Island until 1945 ⓘ
significantEvent Allied air raids on Wake Island ⓘ
mass execution of American POWs on Wake Island in 1943 ⓘ
naval bombardments of Wake Island ⓘ
startTime 1941-12-23 ⓘ
strategicImportance control of air and sea routes in the Central Pacific ⓘ
subsequentTerritorialHolder United States ⓘ
surrenderedTo Allied forces ⓘ
United States Navy ⓘ
territorialChange Wake Island under Japanese control 1941–1945 ⓘ
usedFor air base ⓘ
early‑warning outpost ⓘ
naval base ⓘ
warCrime execution of American POWs ordered by Shigematsu Sakaibara ⓘ

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Japanese colonial empire → hasPart → Japanese occupation of Wake Island ⓘ
Battle of Wake Island → hasPart → Second Japanese landing and capture of Wake Island ⓘ
linked to: Japanese occupation of Wake Island
Battle of Wake Island → aftermath → Japanese occupation of Wake Island ⓘ
CV-2 → tookPartIn → Invasion of Wake Island ⓘ
linked to: Japanese occupation of Wake Island
United States administration of Wake Island → followedBy → Japanese occupation of Wake Island ⓘ
United States administration of Wake Island → relatedTo → Japanese occupation of Wake Island ⓘ