Pacific Mandate territories

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The Pacific Mandate territories were former German colonial islands in the Pacific Ocean administered by Japan after World War I under a League of Nations mandate.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf League of Nations mandate territory
former German colony
administeredBy Empire of Japan
linked to: Imperial Japan
administeredFrom South Seas Bureau
administrativeCenter Koror
alsoKnownAs Japanese Mandate for the South Seas Islands
South Seas Mandate
colonialPower Japan
demographicChange large-scale Japanese settlement
endCause defeat of Japan in World War II
endTime 1947
geopoliticalRegion Micronesia
historicalPeriod interwar period
includesTerritory Caroline Islands
Chuuk
linked to: Chuuk State

Kosrae
linked to: Kosrae State

Mariana Islands
Marshall Islands
Nauru (partial interest)
linked to: Nauru

Palau
Pohnpei
Yap
linked to: Yap Islands
involvedIn Pacific War
legalBasis League of Nations mandate system
Treaty of Versailles
locatedIn Pacific Ocean
mandateClass Class C mandate
mandatedBy League of Nations
oversightBy League of Nations Permanent Mandates Commission
partOf Japanese colonial empire
predecessor German colonial empire
predecessorTerritory German Caroline Islands
linked to: Caroline Islands

German Mariana Islands
linked to: Mariana Islands

German Marshall Islands
linked to: Marshall Islands

German New Guinea
restriction administered as integral part of mandatory’s territory
sovereigntyRemovedBy Allied powers
linked to: Allied forces
startTime 1919
post-World War I period
statusAfterWorldWarII United Nations Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
successorAdministeredBy United States of America
todayIncludes Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Federated States of Micronesia
Republic of Palau
linked to: Palau

Republic of the Marshall Islands
linked to: Marshall Islands

parts of Guam’s surrounding region
usedFor military bases
sugar plantations

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