Category Archives: Far East

Korea, Japanese Post Offices (1876 – 1905)

ALBUM – view my Japanese Offices in Korea album Fast Facts Region: Far East Group: Korea Area Classification: Post Offices in a Foreign Nation Prior Regime: N/A Key Dates:   1876 – Japan opens its first post office in Pusan   1897, … Continue reading

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Borneo and the Great East, Japanese Occupation (1942 – 1945)

ALBUM – view my Japanese Occupation of Borneo and the Greater East album Fast Facts Region: Far East Group: Dutch Indies Classification: Japanese Occupations Prior Regime: Netherlands Indies Key Dates:   1940, May 15 – Nazi Germany Invades and Occupies the … Continue reading

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Sumatra, Japanese Occupation (1942 – 1945)

ALBUM – view my Japanese Occupation of Sumatra album Fast Facts Region: Far East Group: Dutch Indies Classification: Japanese Occupations Prior Regime: Netherlands Indies Key Dates:   1940, May 15 – Nazi Germany Invades and Occupies the Netherlands   1942, Jan 8 … Continue reading

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Java, Japanese Occupation (1942 – 1945)

ALBUM – view my Japanese Occupation of Java album Fast Facts Region: Far East Group: Dutch Indies Classification: Japanese Occupations Prior Regime: Netherlands Indies Key Dates:   1940, May 15 – Nazi Germany Invades and Occupies the Netherlands   1942, Jan 8 … Continue reading

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Priamur Rural Province under Gen. Diterikhs (1922)

ALBUM– View my Priamur Rural Province album Fast Facts Region: Russian Area Group: Russian Far East Classification: Revolutionary Government Prior Regime: Priamur Provisional Government under Merkulov Key Dates:   1920, April 6 – Far Eastern Republic formed   1920, July 15 – … Continue reading

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Priamur Provisonal Government under Merkulov (1921 – 1922)

ALBUM– View my Priamur Provisional Government album Fast Facts Region: Russian Area Group: Russian Far East Classification: Revolutionary Government Prior Regime: Far Eastern Republic Key Dates:   1920, April 6 – Far Eastern Republic formed   1920, July 15 – Japan recognized … Continue reading

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Cochin-China, French Colony (1864 – 1887)

ALBUM – View my Cochinchina album Fast Facts Region: Southeast Asia Group: French Occupation / Colony Classification: Colony Prior Regime: xxx Key Dates:   1858-59 – French conquered much of the southern area of Vietnam   1862, Apr 13 – Treaty of … Continue reading

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Labuan, British Colony (1848 – 1906)

ALBUM – view my Labuan album Fast Facts Region: Far East Group: South East Asian Archipelago Classification: Colony (British) Prior Regime: Sultanate of Brunei Key Dates:   1846, Dec 24 – Labuan ceded to the British from the Sultan of Brunei … Continue reading

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Japanese Occupation of the Philippines – WW2 (1942 – 1945)

ALBUM – view my Japanese Occupation of the Philippines WW2 album Fast Facts Region: Far East Group: Japanese Occupations of WW2 Classification: Military Occupation Prior Regime: Philippines, US Commonwealth Key Dates:   1941, Dec 8 – Japanese launch attack on the … Continue reading

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Annam and Tonkin, French Protectorate (1883 – 1887)

ALBUM – view my Annam and Tonkin Album Summary In the late 1800s, France and China competed for control of trade routes in much of southeast Asia. The French were able to establish a protectorate in Annam (central Vietnam) in … Continue reading

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