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Operation FS was the Imperial Japanese plan to invade and occupy Fiji, American Samoa, Samoa, and New Caledonia in the South Pacific during the Pacific conflict of World War II. The operation was set to be executed in July or August 1942 following Operation MO , Operation RY , and Operation MI .
Fiji: New Zealand, United States of America 259,638 12,000 5 [31] Guam: Japan December 1941 August 1944 22,290 18,000 81 [32] [33] Hawaii: United States of America Before 1939 After 1945 423,330 253,000 60 [32] [34] New Caledonia: United States of America March 1942: June 1944 53,000 100,000 187 [25] [35] [36] New Zealand: United States of ...
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Fiji College of Advance Education was used as a hospital during the war. [2] With the rapid expansion of Japan in 1942 and 1943, Fiji was under threat of Japanese invasion in 1942 and part of 1943. Japan had made plans to invade Fiji, called Operation FS, but this was canceled after the major defeat at the Battle of Midway.
James Stewart in Winning Your Wings (1942). During World War II and immediately after it, in addition to the many private films created to help the war effort, many Allied countries had governmental or semi-governmental agencies commission propaganda and training films for home and foreign consumption.
1941 is a 1979 American war comedy film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale. The film stars an ensemble cast including Dan Aykroyd , Ned Beatty , John Belushi , John Candy , Christopher Lee , Tim Matheson , Toshiro Mifune , Robert Stack , Nancy Allen , and Mickey Rourke in his film debut.
This is a list of wars involving the Fijian tribes (pre 1871), Kingdom of Fiji (1871–1874), Colony of Fiji (1874–1970), Dominion of Fiji (1970–1987) the Republic of Fiji (1987–present). Fijian tribes (pre 1871)
On 8 September 1939, one week after the Nazi invasion of Poland, Fiji mobilised its Defence Force and changed its system of wages under which European privates were paid four shillings per day and non-European privates two shillings per day. The Indian platoon members refused to accept their pay.