Okinawa was part of Japan until it was overrun by the United States during world war II.
No European country controlled the Philippines in 1914. Spain controlled the Philippines until the Spanish-American War in 1898. After this, the United States controlled the Philippines until Japan seized them during World War II.
The Visigoths controlled Spain from the mid fifth century until the Moorish invasion in 711. Within a few years the Moors controlled Spain until, little by little, the Spanish finally expelled them in 1492.
The 13 colonies were founded and controlled by Great Britain until 1776.
Belgium controlled the Congo Basin area from about 1880 until 1960
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The Hudson's Bay Company.
The British Empire controlled Kenya until 12th December 1643. That date is now celebrated as Independence Day, in Kenya.
The invasion of Japan was planned as two distinct phases: #1. Operation OLYMPIC -- The original invasion of the Japanese island of Kyushu -- schuduled for November of 1945. #2.Operation CORONET -- The follow-up invasion of the northern Kanto Plain area of Japan -- scheduled for March of 1946. I feel I can confidently state that Marines, fresh from Okinawa, would NOT have been aware of EITHER code word. That was all very hush-hush, top, top secret stuff at the time. Only the very top brass in the Marine corps would have been aware of some or all of the details concerning the invasion of Japan or its code words. My WWII outfit -- fresh from Okinawa -- was scheduled for the eventual November invasion and we had never heard the words. In fact I didn't know anything about them until long after the war, while reading about them in a book.
The Belgian government controlled the country from 1908, when Leopold the Second, King of Belgium, was forced by international opinion to give up 'his' land, until 1960, when the country gained it's independence. France controlled the other Congo- Congo-Brazzaville.
France conquered Algeria in the 1830s and ruled the country until independence in 1962.
Until 2005, Lebanon was occupied and controlled by Syria.