Mandated Islands

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The Mandated Islands were former German Pacific territories in Micronesia administered by Japan under a League of Nations mandate after World War I.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Mandated Islands canonical 1
South Seas Mandate islands 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf League of Nations mandate
Pacific islands territory
former German colony
administeredBy Empire of Japan
linked to: Imperial Japan

Japan
administeredByAgency Japanese Navy
Japanese South Seas Government
administeredFrom Saipan
afterEvent World War I
demographicChange displacement of indigenous Micronesian populations
settlement of Japanese civilians
economicActivity copra production
phosphate mining
sugar cultivation
endDate 1947
endReason defeat of Japan in World War II
ethnicGroups Japanese settlers
Micronesian peoples
linked to: Micronesians
governedAs South Seas Mandate
includes Caroline Islands
Jaluit Atoll
Mariana Islands
Marshall Islands
Palau
Ponape
Truk Islands
Yap
linked to: Yap Islands
involvedIn Pacific War
World War II
languageOfAdministration Japanese
legalStatus Class C mandate
locatedIn Micronesia
Pacific Ocean
mandatedBy League of Nations
officialName South Seas Mandate
partOf Japanese colonial empire
predecessor German New Guinea
German colonial empire
previousColonialLanguage German
religionIntroducedByMandatePower State Shinto
sovereigntyTransferredFrom German Empire
sovereigntyTransferredTo Empire of Japan
linked to: Imperial Japan
startDate 1919
post-World War I period
successor Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
successorAdministeredBy United States of America
usedFor Japanese military bases
air bases
naval bases

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Fourth Fleet (Imperial Japanese Navy) areaOfOperations Mandated Islands
subject linked to: Fourth Fleet
Shigeyoshi Inoue theaterOfOperations South Seas Mandate islands
linked to: Mandated Islands