The government of the Republic of China ( RoC ) , controlled Control by Chiang Kai-shek and the Kuomintang ( KMT ) , and 1.3 million anti-Communist Chinese supporters fled Escaping from mainland China .

The U.S. then constructed airfields on Saipan and Tinian where B-29s were based to conduct strategic bombing missions against the Japanese mainland until the end of World War II , including the nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki .

The majority of nearly 130,000 Japanese Americans living in the U.S. mainland were forcibly relocated Removing from their West Coast homes during the spring of 1942 .

The program features an eclectic mix of artists including local Tasmanians , mainland Australians and international guests .

it was also the deadliest air disaster Catastrophe to occur Coming_to_be in mainland new zealand since the 1963 crash Catastrophe of new zealand national airways corporation flight 441 , and the deadliest crash Catastrophe involving a new zealand aircraft since 1979 crash Catastrophe of air new zealand flight 901 into mount erebus .

This triggered Causation Frederick III of Denmark 's invasion of the Swedish mainland in the spring of 1657 , in an attempt to settle old scores from the Torstenson War while Sweden was busy elsewhere .

Byrhtnoth , ( line 89b ) , let Preventing_or_letting the enemy force cross to the mainland .

The conquest Conquering of Constantinople also dealt Resolve_problem a massive blow Influence to the defence Defending of mainland Europe , as the Muslim Ottoman armies thereafter were left Causation unchecked to advance Self_motion into Europe without an adversary Hostile_encounter to their rear .

saomai affected Influence many of the same areas affected by tropical storm bilis a month earlier , and the china meteorological administration reported Reporting that saomai was the strongest typhoon that ever occurred Coming_to_be over china 's offshore region as well as the most powerful typhoon ever to make landfall Self_motion over mainland china .

Þjóðhátíð was first held Defending in 1874 when islanders were prevented Preventing_or_letting by bad weather from attending Participation the celebration on the Icelandic mainland of the millennium of Icelandic settlement .

It was originally held Hold near Lake Geneva and had only two stages , but today it is one of the major open-air music festivals in mainland Europe and the biggest in Switzerland .

In the final year of the war , the Allies prepared GetReady for a very costly invasion of the Japanese mainland .

The Civil War Military_operation resulted in Causation a major revolution Change_of_leadership in China , with the Communists gaining Getting control Control of mainland China and establishing Creating the People 's Republic of China ( PRC ) in 1949 , forcing Request the Republic of China to retreat Escaping to Taiwan .

A lasting political and military standoff Hostile_encounter between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait ensued , with the ROC in Taiwan and the PRC in mainland China both officially claiming Statement to be the legitimate Legality government of all China .

On 27 and 28 June and again on 7 July heavy rain events Catastrophe occurred Presence from powerful thunderstorms that gathered Come_together strength as they travelled Self_motion across mainland Britain .

On the Japanese mainland , there was light crop damage Damaging and one serious injury Bodily_harm .

By the end Process_end of the war Hostile_encounter in 1994 , the Armenians were in full control Control of the enclave ( with the exception of the Shahumyan Region ) in addition to surrounding Surrounding areas of Azerbaijan proper , most notably the Lachin Corridor , a mountain pass that links Nagorno-Karabakh with mainland Armenia .

In Mexico , heavy rainfall was reported Reporting on both Baja California and the mainland of Mexico .

The tsunami swept the Japanese mainland and killed Killing over ten thousand people , mainly through drowning Bodily_harm , though blunt trauma also caused Causation many deaths Death .

On the mainland , the hurricane Catastrophe dropped Motion torrential Motion rainfall , and many gauges were washed Removing away in mountainous areas where unofficial rainfall totals were as high as 1900 mm ( 75 in ) .

The Siege of Porto Ferrajo was a French attempt to force Control the surrender of the Tuscan fortress town of Porto Ferrajo ( now Portoferraio ) on the island of Elba following the French occupation of mainland Tuscany in 1801 during the French Revolutionary Wars .

After having several peace offers rejected Agree_or_refuse_to_act by the British , Adolf Hitler ordered Request the `` Luftwaffe '' to destroy Destroying the RAF in order to gain Getting air superiority or air supremacy as a prelude to launching Motion Operation Sea Lion , an amphibious assault Hostile_encounter by the `` Wehrmacht '' ( German armed forces ) onto the British mainland .

Damage estimates vary due to inadequate reporting Reporting of private insurance claims Statement as well as lack of hard data on uninsured damage Damaging ; Frederic is believed Know to have inflicted Causation $ 5 million ( 1979 USD ) in both Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands , with an additional $ 1.7 billion in damage Damaging on the mainland United States .

On 1 August , Hitler issued Statement Directive 17 , extending Expansion `` Luftwaffe '' operations to the British mainland and RAF-related targets and on `` Adlertag '' ( Eagle Day , 13 August ) the main air offensive against the RAF began Process_start .

The Tallinn Offensive ( ) was a strategic offensive by the Red Army 's 2nd Shock and 8th Armies and the Baltic Fleet against the German Army Detachment `` Narwa '' and Estonian units in mainland Estonia on the Eastern Front of World War II on 17–26 September 1944 .

The defenders managed Control to slow the Soviet advance sufficient for Army Detachment `` Narwa '' to be evacuated Emptying from mainland Estonia in an orderly fashion .

The Leningrad Front seized the capital and took Creating the rest of mainland Estonia by 26 September 1944 .

All medical resources on the island were fully committed Commitment to dealing Resolve_problem with the injured Bodily_harm and many of the victims were eventually evacuated Emptying to the mainland ; the airport was reported Reporting as resembling a field hospital .

The war was a decisive ideological struggle in Lusophone Africa , surrounding nations , and mainland Portugal .

Sweeping across the peninsula in September 2014 , Odile inflicted Causation widespread damage Damaging , particularly in the state of Baja California Sur , in addition to causing Causation lesser impacts on the Mexican mainland and Southwestern United States .

The battle Hostile_encounter ended Process_end inconclusively , but the Continental forces withdrew Escaping to the mainland and left Giving Aquidneck Island in British hands .

On land , Ismael caused Causation 59 deaths Death in mainland Mexico and resulted in Causation $ 26 million in damage Damaging ( 1995 USD , $ USD ) .

On mainland Europe , a small tornado outbreak resulted in Causation scattered structural damage in Belgium , France , and Germany .

It was fought Hostile_encounter by American forces from both the U.S. mainland and the Philippines against Japanese troops in Manila , the capital city of the Philippines .

While pro-establishment figures denied Agree_or_refuse_to_act links between the attack and assaults on press freedom , local journalists and the local press saw Self_motion the attack as part of a longstanding and crushing trend in which mainland Chinese interests seek to rein Hold in Hong Kong 's vibrant and still free press .

Power outages cut Bodily_harm most communications from the island to the mainland , and property damage Damaging in Sydney , Nova Scotia totaled to C $ 100,000 .

Janet 's landfall as a Category 5 hurricane Catastrophe on the Yucatán Peninsula was the first recorded instance that a storm of such intensity in the Atlantic made landfall on a continental mainland ; prior to Janet , landfalls of Category 5 intensity were only known Know to have taken place Process_start on islands .

tropical storm morakot , known in the philippines as tropical storm unk , brought Bringing significant rainfall to taiwan before alleviating drought conditions in mainland china in august 2003 .

The storm quickly weakened Cause_change_of_strength over the Chinese mainland , and dissipated Dispersal entirely several hours after landfall .

By November , they were stationed Placing at the confluence of the Araks and Kura Rivers , poised to attack mainland Iran .

Damage Damaging from the storm Catastrophe was moderate , although the hurricane Catastrophe temporarily cut off Removing the city of Galveston from the mainland .

The Armada could have anchored Connect in The Solent between the Isle of Wight and the English mainland and occupied Control the Isle of Wight , but Medina Sidonia was under orders from King Philip II to meet Come_together up with the Duke of Parma 's forces in the Netherlands so England could be invaded Attack by Parma 's soldiers and other soldiers carried Carry_goods in ships of the Armada .

In the Belize Barrier Reef , Greta downed Ingestion trees and produced Manufacturing high waves , while on the mainland , there was minimal flooding Motion despite a high storm surge .

The invasions ushered in 250 years of political fragmentation in Burma and the rise Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale of ethnic Tai-Shan states throughout mainland Southeast Asia .

The tour helped Assistance on solidifying Change the band as one of mainland Europe 's most successful symphonic metal acts , as the it marked Recording a major transition from club and theater to arena concerts on the continent than the previous one .

It is the third-strongest hurricane Catastrophe to hit Attack the U.S. mainland by wind speed ( 165 mph ) .

After that , the mainland of New Spain was organized Arranging as the Mexican Empire .

Ahead of the system affecting Influence Fiji , hundreds of people were evacuated Emptying from Fiji 's outer island resorts to hotels on the mainland .

The hurricane Catastrophe produced Causation peak gusts of 160 mph ( 260 km/h ) at the airport , and its strongest sustained winds were unmeasured in mainland Mexico , suggesting Convincing that it may have been a Category 4 hurricane Catastrophe at landfall Arriving .

However , impacts were worst in Taiwan and mainland China .