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Name: Nauru (Australia Mandate)

Type: Polity

Start: 1924 AD

End: 1968 AD

Nation: nauru

Parent: australia

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This article is about the specific polity Nauru (Australia Mandate) and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.

If you are looking for the page with the statistics about this polity you can find it here:All Statistics

In 1923, the League of Nations gave Australia a trustee mandate over Nauru, with the United Kingdom and New Zealand as co-trustees.

Establishment


  • January 1924: In 1923, the League of Nations gave Australia a trustee mandate over Nauru, with the United Kingdom and New Zealand as co-trustees.
  • Chronology


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    1. World War II


    Was a global conflict that lasted from 1939 to 1945 (it started sooner in certain regions) between the Axis Powers (mainly Germany, Japan and Italy) and the Allies (mainly the Soviet Union, the U.S.A., the U.K., China and France). It was the war with more fatalities in history. The war in Asia began when Japan invaded China on July 7, 1937. The war in Europe began when Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939. The war ended with the complete defeat of the Axis powers, which were occupied by the Allies.

    1.1.World War II (Asia & Pacific)

    Was the East Asian, South Asian and Pacific theatre of World War II.

  • August 1942: Japanese troops occupied Nauru on 25 August 1942.

  • 1.2.End of World War II in Europe

    Refers to the surrender of Axis forces and the end of World War II and to the territorial changes that were a direct consequence of World War II but happened after the traditional end of the War.

    1.2.1.The Surrender of Japanese forces

    Surrender of Japanese forces at the end of World War II.

  • September 1945: Nauru was finally set free from the Japanese.

  • 2. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)


  • December 1931: With the Statute of Westminster of 1931, the Dominions of the British Empire were formally granted independence.

  • January 1968: Following a two-year constitutional convention, Nauru became the world's smallest independent republic.

  • Disestablishment


  • January 1968: Following a two-year constitutional convention, Nauru became the world's smallest independent republic.
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