Mandated Islands

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League of Nations mandate Pacific islands territory former German colony

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

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Mandated Islands canonical 1
South Seas Mandate islands 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf League of Nations mandate ⓘ
Pacific islands territory ⓘ
former German colony ⓘ
administeredBy Imperial Japan ⓘ
surface form: Empire of Japan

Japan ⓘ
administeredByAgency Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
surface form: Japanese Navy

Nan’yō Government ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
Micronesians ⓘ
surface form: Micronesian peoples
governedAs South Seas Mandate ⓘ
includes Caroline Islands ⓘ
Jaluit Atoll ⓘ
Mariana Islands ⓘ
Marshall Islands ⓘ
Palau ⓘ
Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia ⓘ
surface form: Ponape

Truk Islands ⓘ
Yap Islands ⓘ
surface form: Yap
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 Imperial Japan ⓘ
surface form: Empire of 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 ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Fourth Fleet → areaOfOperations → Mandated Islands ⓘ
subject surface form: Fourth Fleet (Imperial Japanese Navy)
Shigeyoshi Inoue → theaterOfOperations → Mandated Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: South Seas Mandate islands