Cluster nauru

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The Nation includes all the forms of the country.

The cluster includes the following incarnations of the same nation:

Establishment

  • January 1851: King Aweida was the first known king of Nauru.

Chronology

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1. Nauruan Civil War

Was a civil war in Nauru between forces loyal to incumbent King Aweida of Nauru and those seeking to depose him in favour of a rival claimant.

  • January 1889: In 1888, The German Empire intervened in the Nauruan Civil War and restored Aweida to the throne of Nauru, although the island was annexed in the process.

2. 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.

2.1. 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.

2.2. 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.

2.2.1. 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.

3. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)

  • April 1886: In 1886, Germany was granted the island under the Anglo-German Declaration.
  • January 1922: Nauru (Pleasant Island) was a separate British possession from 1914 to 1921.
  • 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.
  • 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.