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Who controlled the Philippines after the Spanish?
The US except during WW2 when the Japanese occupied the Islands.
Does Alaska borders the US?
its near Canada
What large island in the West Indies is controlled by the US of america?
Puerto Rico. The US controls the US Virgin Islands (St. Johns, St, Croix, St. Thomas) and Puerto Rico (which includes the islands of Culebra, Vieques and Mona). Puerto Rico is the smallest of the Greater Antilles and is by far the largest island in the Caribbean controlled by the US.
Is the Philippine islands owned by the US?
No. Except for the Japanese occupation during Wrold War 2, the US controlled the Philippines from 1898 - 1946.
Who are the Bermuda Islands controlled by?
The Bermuda Islands are one of the British Overseas Territories.
The island off the coast of Argentina are controlled by a European country?
These islands are the Falkland Islands and they are controlled by the United Kingdom. However, Argentina disputes this territory with the UK and believes they are the true owners of the islands.
Does the US currently own the Philippines?
No. The US controlled the Philippines from 1898, when the islands were taken from Spain, until 1947, except during the World War 2 Japanese occupation of the islands. Since 1947 the Philippines has been a sovereign, independent nation.
US strategy in the pacific during World War 2?
Island-Hopping. They would only takeover the important islands that Japan controlled. It would take longer for them to take back all the islands.
What European country controlled the Philippine islands?
Spain.
What Country do de Marshall Islands belong to?
Officially, the Republic of Marshall Islands is an independent nation in free association with the United States. In practical reality, the Marshall Islands are a self-governed protectorate of the US. Over half of the Marshall Islands GDP comes from US aid.Before 1944, the Marshall Islands were controlled by a series of European colonial powers; Spain, Germany, and Japan. During WWII, the United States Navy bombarded Japanese facilities in the Marshalls, and occupied the islands in 1944. In 1947, the Marshalls and many other formerly-Japanese controlled islands became the Trust Territories of the Pacific Islands under the auspices of the United Nations. The Republic of Marshall Islands became quasi-independent in 1986.
How was the Philippines controlled by the US?
The Philippines was controlled by the US as a colony from 1898 to 1946. It began when the Philippines was ceded by Spain to the US following the Spanish-American War. The US then established military control over the islands and eventually implemented a civil government. Full independence was granted in 1946.
What are three pacific islands that the US acquired in the late 1800s and the early 1900s?
One of the answers is Hawaii and another might be Alaska but i have no idea about the third.
