I wasn’t talking about the American invasion in 1944, but the Japanese militarization of the island in 1941. The League of Nations Class C mandate was not supposed to include militarization, thus it was technically an invasion.
“I wasn’t talking about the American invasion in 1944, but the Japanese militarization of the island in 1941. The League of Nations Class C mandate was not supposed to include militarization, thus it was technically an invasion.”
Japan pulled out of the League in 1933. It is widely regarded that the militarization of Saipan began then.