World War I Pacific Theatre
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Was the Pacific theatre of World War I.
Chronology
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- October 1914: Japanese occupation of the Northern Mariana islands.
- October 1914: Japanese occupation of the islands of modern-day Micronesia.
- September 1914: German forces in Kaiserwilhelmsland, Bismarck Archipelago, and North Solomon surrendered to British forces. This marked the end of German colonial rule in the region, which was then transferred to the Territory of New Guinea.
- September 1914: Battle of Bita Paka.
- August 1914: At the behest of the United Kingdom the colony of German Samoa was invaded unopposed by troops of the Samoa Expeditionary Force.
- October 1914: Japanese occupation of the Marshall islands.
- October 1914: During World War I, the Japanese Empire annexed Palau after seizing it from Germany in 1914.
- September 1914: German forces in Kaiserwilhelmsland, Bismarck Archipelago, and North Solomon surrendered to British forces. This marked the end of German colonial rule in the region, which was then transferred to the Territory of New Guinea.
- November 1914: The last German Pacific colony, the island of Nauru, surrendered to the Australians on November 14, 1914.
- September 1914: Siege of Toma ending with German Governor Eduard Haber's surrender of the entire colony of New Guinea to the British.