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The Caroline Islands. The Japanese occupied Micronesia, including the Caroline Islands, in 1914 and established Truk as a base as early as 1939.The lagoon was first built up to house the Imperial Japanese Navy's 4th Fleet, its "South Seas Force".
The Caroline Islands (or the Carolines) are a widely scattered archipelago of tiny islands in the western Pacific Ocean, to the north of New Guinea. Politically, they are divided between the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) in the central and eastern parts of the group, and Palau at the extreme western end.
Chuuk Lagoon is part of the larger Caroline Islands group. The area consists of eleven major islands (corresponding to the eleven municipalities of Truk lagoon, which are Tol, Udot, Fala-Beguets, Romanum, and Eot of Faichuk group, and Weno, Fefen, Dublon, Uman, Param, and Tsis of Nomoneas group) and 46 smaller ones within the lagoon, plus 41 on the fringing coral reef, and is known today as ...
As part of the Caroline Islands, [8] Truk was claimed by the Spanish Empire, which struggled to control the islands in the late 19th century. The Chuuk Lagoon was then inhabited by Chuukese people (an Austronesian group) that participated in intermittent wars, as well as a small population of foreign merchants and missionaries, mostly linked to ...
Truk was attacked by air and had its supply lines cut off by sea, called Operation Hailstone. [18] [19] Truk Atoll: Param Airfield on Param Island in Truk Lagoon. Eten Airfield on Eten Island in Truk Lagoon. Megeson Airfield (Megeson) started in 1944 not completed. Dublon Seaplane Base on Dublon Island and Truk Lagoon; Reef Islands base at Truk
The 1st and 2nd Battalions and some parts of the 11th Independent Mixed Regiment were moved to Truk due to the food shortage on the island. 335 Imperial Japanese Army soldiers and 211 Imperial Japanese Navy soldiers on the island died of hunger and an illness and 675 IJA soldiers and 32(!) IJN soldiers returned home from the island.
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Anulap is a god of magic and knowledge in Truk Islands mythology an island group between Yap and Pohnpei in Micronesia , who teaches these things to humanity. He is the husband of the creator goddess Ligobubfanu , and may be a creator deity himself.