United States administration of Wake Island

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The United States administration of Wake Island was the period when the U.S. governed and controlled the remote Pacific atoll as a strategic military outpost prior to its capture by Japan in World War II.

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United States administration of Wake Island canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical period ⓘ
territorial administration ⓘ
administeredBy United States Department of the Navy ⓘ
United States Navy ⓘ
United States government ⓘ
appliesTo Wake Island ⓘ
appliesToPeriodBefore Battle of Wake Island ⓘ
conflictContext prelude to Pacific War ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
defensiveInstallations anti-aircraft batteries ⓘ
coastal artillery ⓘ
endCause Japanese capture of Wake Island ⓘ
endTime 1941 ⓘ
World War II era ⓘ
followedBy Japanese occupation of Wake Island ⓘ
geopoliticalContext U.S.–Japan rivalry in the Pacific ⓘ
governingPower United States of America ⓘ
hasLegalBasis U.S. annexation of Wake Island in 1899 ⓘ
hasStrategicRole Pacific defense ⓘ
trans-Pacific aviation route ⓘ
infrastructureDevelopment harbor and docking facilities ⓘ
runways and airstrips ⓘ
legalStatusDuringPeriod U.S.-controlled atoll ⓘ
locatedIn Micronesia ⓘ
Pacific Ocean ⓘ
militaryBranchInvolved United States Army Air Corps ⓘ
United States Marine Corps ⓘ
partOf U.S. Pacific island possessions ⓘ
United States overseas territorial administration ⓘ
populationCharacteristic absence of permanent civilian population ⓘ
primarily military personnel ⓘ
precededBy uninhabited status of Wake Island ⓘ
region Central Pacific Ocean ⓘ
relatedTo Battle of Wake Island ⓘ
Japanese occupation of Wake Island ⓘ
significantEvent construction of airfield on Wake Island ⓘ
construction of military facilities on Wake Island ⓘ
fortification of Wake Island prior to World War II ⓘ
startTime 1899 ⓘ
19th century ⓘ
territorialStatus unincorporated U.S. possession ⓘ
timePeriod pre–World War II era ⓘ
transportRole refueling stop for trans-Pacific flights ⓘ
usedFor air base ⓘ
military purposes ⓘ
naval base ⓘ
strategic outpost ⓘ

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Japanese occupation of Wake Island → follows → United States administration of Wake Island ⓘ
Japanese occupation of Wake Island → followedBy → United States administration of Wake Island ⓘ