FSM History

Island page: Chuuk weak source

Takeshima airfield is enlarged for land-attack aircraft and a seaplane base is set up on Natsushima.

What happened

Japanese Wikipedia says the work in Chuuk Lagoon used convict labor sent from Japan, and that coastal guns and large fuel and aviation-fuel tanks were also installed. Truk soon became the Combined Fleet’s forward anchorage.

Sources for the event

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