The First Taiwan Strait Crisis ( also the Formosa Crisis , the 1954–1955 Taiwan Strait Crisis , the Offshore Islands Crisis , and the 1955 Taiwan Strait Crisis ) was a brief armed Bearing_arms conflict Hostile_encounter between the Communist People 's Republic of China ( PRC ) and the Nationalist Republic of China ( ROC ) in Taiwan .

The Taiwan strait crisis began Process_start when the PRC seized Motion the Yijiangshan Islands and forced Hostile_encounter the ROC to abandon GiveUp the Tachen Islands , which were evacuated Removing by the navies of the ROC and the US .

The Taiwan strait crisis began Process_start when the PRC seized Motion the Yijiangshan Islands and forced Hostile_encounter the ROC to abandon GiveUp the Tachen Islands , which were evacuated Removing by the navies of the ROC and the US .

The territory under RoC control Control was reduced Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale to Taiwan , Hainan , the Pescadores Islands ( Penghu ) , and several island groups along the south-east coast of China .

Outside of California , the first to arrive Arriving were from Oregon , the Sandwich Islands ( Hawaii ) , and Latin America in late 1848 .

The Mariana and Palau Islands campaign , also known as Operation Forager , was an offensive launched GetReady by United States forces against Imperial Japanese forces in the Mariana Islands and Palau in the Pacific Ocean between June and November 1944 during the Pacific War .

The Mariana and Palau Islands campaign , also known as Operation Forager , was an offensive launched GetReady by United States forces against Imperial Japanese forces in the Mariana Islands and Palau in the Pacific Ocean between June and November 1944 during the Pacific War .

The United States offensive , under the overall command Control of Chester Nimitz , followed the Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign and was intended to neutralize Control Japanese bases in the central Pacific , support Supporting the Allied drive to retake the Philippines , and provide Supply bases for a strategic bombing Attack campaign against Japan .

Following their landings in the Mariana and Palau Islands , Allied forces continued their ultimately successful campaign against Japan by landing Self_motion in the Philippines in October 1944 and the Volcano and Ryukyu Islands beginning in January 1945 .

Following their landings in the Mariana and Palau Islands , Allied forces continued their ultimately successful campaign against Japan by landing Self_motion in the Philippines in October 1944 and the Volcano and Ryukyu Islands beginning in January 1945 .

Following the development of Ophelia , numerous storm Catastrophe watches and warnings Warning were issued Creating for the northeastern Caribbean Islands .

In the United States Virgin Islands , brief blackouts Lighting and damage Damaging reaching Arriving $ 200,000 ( 2000 USD ) was reported Reporting .

`` Cardiff '' , on the lookout Patrolling for aircraft flying supplies to the Argentine forces occupying Control the Falkland Islands , had misidentified Check the helicopter as an enemy C-130 Hercules .

In the United States Virgin Islands , three people died Death due to the hurricane Catastrophe , and a few homes were destroyed Destroying .

Thelma formed Coming_to_be in the Arafura Sea north of the Northern Territory while intensifying Cause_change_of_strength rapidly into a Category 5 cyclone , passing Motion_directional very near the Tiwi Islands and posing Causation a severe threat to Darwin , but passed Motion_directional by at a distance of .

Dean formed Coming_to_be on July 31 and reached Arriving tropical storm Catastrophe status the following day east of the Leeward Islands .

Dean brushed Damaging the northern Leeward Islands as a Category 1 hurricane Catastrophe on the Saffir–Simpson Hurricane Scale , bringing Bringing light rain but producing Creating no damage Damaging , before turning Motion northward and striking Attack Bermuda as a Category 2 hurricane Catastrophe .

The Musket Wars were a series of as many as 3,000 battles and raids Attack fought Hostile_encounter throughout New Zealand ( including the Chatham Islands ) among Māori between 1807 and 1837 , after Māori first obtained Getting muskets and then engaged Participation in an intertribal arms race in order to gain Getting territory or seek revenge for past defeats .

In 1835 the fighting Hostile_encounter went Motion offshore as Ngāti Mutunga and Ngāti Tama launched Military_operation devastating Destroying raids Attack on the pacifist Moriori in the Chatham Islands .

During December 12 , Wasa passed Motion_directional through the French Polynesian Austral Islands and passed Motion_directional directly over Tubuai , before it degenerated Change into a tropical depression later that day .

However , gale-force winds remained Presence associated Collaboration with the depression , before the system turned Becoming towards the east-northeast and entered Arriving into warmer waters near the Tuamotu Islands .

After bypassing Self_motion the Revillagigedo Islands , the storm reached Achieve its peak wind speed of .

The tenth tropical storm of the season , Zeb formed Coming_to_be on October 10 from the monsoon trough near the Caroline Islands .

Despite entering Arriving a more unfavorable environment several hundred miles east of the northern Leeward Islands , Gladys became Becoming a Category 1 hurricane Catastrophe on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane Catastrophe wind scaleon September 28 .

In an attempt to strengthen Cause_change_of_strength their defensive Defending position in the South Pacific , the Japanese decided Deciding to invade Attack and occupy Control Port Moresby ( in New Guinea ) and Tulagi ( in the southeastern Solomon Islands ) .

The system was first identified Check over the Solomon Islands as a tropical low on 1 April 2014 , and gradually moved Motion westward , eventually reaching Arriving cyclone Catastrophe intensity on 5 April .

First detected Know east of the Lesser Antilles on 26 August , the disturbance drifted Motion toward the northwestern Leeward Islands , arriving Arriving by 29 August .

The Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife was an amphibious assault Attack by the Royal Navy on the Spanish port city of Santa Cruz de Tenerife in the Canary Islands .

The ship was carrying Carry_goods a base plate for a telescope being delivered Sending to the La Palma Observatory in the Canary Islands .

Castle Bravo was the first in a series of high-yield thermonuclear weapon design tests conducted Action by the United States at Bikini Atoll , Marshall Islands , as part of `` Operation Castle '' .

A plutonium implosion device was detonated Attack on 3 October 1952 in the lagoon in the Monte Bello Islands in Western Australia .

The preferred site was the Pacific Proving Grounds in the US-controlled Marshall Islands .

The Admiralty suggested Statement that the Monte Bello Islands might be suitable , so the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom , Clement Attlee , sent Sending a request Request to the Prime Minister of Australia , Robert Menzies .

On reaching Arriving the Monte Bello Islands , the five Royal Navy ships were joined Becoming_a_member by eleven Royal Australian Navy ships Sending , including the aircraft carrier .

The Crossroads tests were the first of many nuclear tests held Hold in the Marshall Islands , and the first to be publicly announced Expressing_publicly beforehand and observed Perception_active by an invited audience , including a large press corps .

It developed Coming_to_be on May 17 , 1970 , north of Panama , and rapidly intensified Cause_change_of_strength on May 20 to peak winds of , near Jamaica and the Cayman Islands .

The storm Catastrophe first brought Bringing gusty winds Motion and heavy rainfall Catastrophe to Jamaica and the Cayman Islands .

Truk 's location in the Caroline Islands also made it Causation an excellent shipping hub for armaments and aircraft moving Motion from Japan 's home islands down through the South Pacific Mandate and into the Japanese `` Southern Resources Area '' .

The U.S. Navy , Marine Corps , and Army , under the command Control of Admiral Chester W. Nimitz , had overrun Destroying the most important islands in the nearby Gilbert Islands and Marshall Islands , and then built Building numerous air bases there .

The U.S. Navy , Marine Corps , and Army , under the command Control of Admiral Chester W. Nimitz , had overrun Destroying the most important islands in the nearby Gilbert Islands and Marshall Islands , and then built Building numerous air bases there .

As a result , the Japanese Navy had to relocate Military_operation the Combined Fleet 's forward base to the Palau Islands , and eventually to Indonesia , and the Fleet had begun Process_start clearing Emptying its major warships out of Truk before the `` Hailstone '' attack Attack struck .

Truk remained Presence effectively isolated for the remainder of the war , cut off Having_or_lacking_access and surrounded Surrounding by the American island hopping campaign in the Central Pacific , which also bypassed Departing important Japanese garrisons and airfields in the Bismarck Archipelago , the Caroline Islands , the Marshalls , and the Palaus .

Meanwhile , the Americans built Building new bases from scratch Bodily_harm at places like the Admiralty Islands , Majuro , and Ulithi Atoll , and took over Control the major port at Guam .

The system crossed Motion_directional the Leeward Islands and entered Arriving the Caribbean Sea late on August 30 .

A powerful Atlantic tropical cyclone that wrought Bringing destruction Destroying in the Leeward Islands and Bermuda , Gonzalo was the seventh named Name_conferral storm Catastrophe , sixth and final hurricane Catastrophe and only the second major hurricane Catastrophe of the below-average 2014 Atlantic hurricane Catastrophe season .

Antigua and Barbuda sustained US $ 40 million in losses Earnings_and_losses , and boats were abundantly damaged Damaging or destroyed Destroying throughout the northern Leeward Islands .

The typhoon brought Bringing heavy rain and wind to areas of the Mariana Islands , the Philippines , Taiwan , and the east coast of China .

In light of developments Cause_to_make_progress in the Solomon Islands campaign Military_operation , Japanese forces Causation approaching Arriving Port Moresby were ordered Request to withdraw Escaping to and secure Preventing_or_letting these bases on the northern coast .

Aaliyah was an American singer and actress who died Death in a plane crash on August 25 , 2001 , at the Marsh Harbour Airport on the Abaco Islands , Bahamas .

Damage Damaging in Honduras was heaviest on the offshore Bay Islands , and the hurricane Catastrophe damaged Damaging or destroyed Destroying the majority of two towns there .