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*After World War I, Nauru became a League of Nations mandate administered by '''Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom'''. | *After World War I, Nauru became a League of Nations mandate administered by '''Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom'''. | ||
*During World War II, Nauru was occupied by Japanese troops, and was bypassed by the Allied advance across the Pacific. After the war ended, the country entered into United Nations trusteeship. Nauru gained its independence in 1968. | *During World War II, Nauru was occupied by Japanese troops, and was bypassed by the Allied advance across the Pacific. After the war ended, the country entered into United Nations trusteeship. Nauru gained its independence in 1968. | ||
*Japanese troops occupied Nauru on 25 August 1942. The Japanese deported 1,200 Nauruans to work as labourers in the Chuuk Islands, which was also occupied by Japan. Nauru was finally liberated on 13 September 1945, and arrangements were made to repatriate from Chuuk the 737 Nauruans who survived Japanese captivity there. | *Japanese troops occupied Nauru on 25 August 1942. The Japanese deported 1,200 Nauruans to work as labourers in the Chuuk Islands, which was also occupied by Japan. Nauru was finally liberated on 13 September 1945, and arrangements were made to repatriate from Chuuk the 737 Nauruans who survived Japanese captivity there. <ref>'''Nauru''', in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru, accessed 1 August 2021.</ref> | ||
<ref>'''Nauru''', in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru, accessed 1 August 2021.</ref> | |||
==Emigration From Nauru== | ==Emigration From Nauru== | ||