During World War II in the Pacific Ocean, it was necessary for the Allies to fight from island to island. The Japanese had occupied dozens of Pacific islands. They all either needed to be taken or cut off from supply lines. Many of the islands were strategic in nature and provided bases to fly from to attack the Japanese homeland.
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The war in the pacific was over Hawaii, and was owned by a monarch lady named minicalicocaici. Some of the white foreigners and United States Navy were able to take over the communist Hawaii and claim it as a U.S territory.
At Wake Island during WWII, the initial Japanese invasion force consisted of three cruisers, six destroyers, and four etcAbout 98% sure it was the Marshall Islands. Spain sold them to Germany in the 1800's, and I think they were awarded to Japan after World War 1, and captured by the US in World War 2. If Spain had kept this island group instead of selling it to Germany, the Marshalls would have become US territory earlier, in the Spanish-American War of 1898.
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The Spanish-American war, in 1898, was a significant event in the US expansion in the Pacific. The war resulted in the Philippines, becoming a US possession.
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It lost its remaining colonies in the Pacific and the Caribbean, notably the Philippines and Cuba. Almost all of the other Spanish dominions in Latin America had already achieved independence.