1870-1918










St. Helena, 1918-1945



The administration of too many tiny individual colonies being too costly, Ascension was placed under St. Helena in 1922, Tristan da Cunha in 1938. In World War II, Ascension was leased to the U.S., which constructed an airbase on the island.








EXTERNAL
FILES
Ascension, Tristan da Cunha, South Georgia
DOCUMENTS
REFERENCE Article : St. Helena, in : Statesman's Yearbook 1919 pp.194-195, 1924 pp.187, 203-205, 1925 pp.207-209, 1926 pp.211-213, 1928 pp.209-211, 1929 pp.209-211, 1932 pp.213-215, 1937 pp.232-234, 1942 pp.228-229, 1943 pp.224-226 [G]
Article : St. Helena, in : Americana Annual 1927 p.778, 1928 p.711, 1930 p.697, 1931 pp.693-694, 1932 p.649, 1933 pp.700-701, 1934 p.538, 1935 p.644, 1936 p.660, 1937 p.634, 1938 p.625, 1939 p.688, 1940 p.695, 1943 p.647, 1944 p.623, 1945 p.636, 1946 pp.659-660 [G]
Article : St. Helena, in : New International Year Book 1919 p.599, 1920 p.608, 1921 p.643, 1922 p.654, 1923 p.675, 1924 p.664, 1925 pp.627-628, 1926 p.666, 1928 p.674, 1929 pp.741-742, 1930 pp.701-702, 1931 p.719, 1932 p.739, 1933 p.734, 1934 p.636, 1935 p.653, 1938 p.664, 1939 pp.691-692, Events of 1942 p.607, 1943 p.555, 1944 p.541 [G]



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