All About Caroline Islands
Caroline Islands consists of about 500 small coral islands, east of the Philippines, in the Pacific Ocean.
Most of the islands comprise low, flat coral atolls, but some rise high above sea level. The native inhabitants speak a variety of Micronesian languages including Yapese, Pohnpeian, Chuukese, Carolinian and Kosraean, as well as the Western Malayo-Polynesian language Palauan. Other significant populations include Filipinos and Japanese. Japan occupied the islands around 1914 and received a League of Nations mandate over them in 1920. During World War II, Japan had a large base at Truk Lagoon, which the Allies effectively neutralized in Operation Hailstone. After the war, the islands became trust territories of the United States, and eventually gaining independence
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