On 2018-11-19 08:12, Paul Eggert proposed the change:
In response to a comment by +# Phake Nick I set the Nauru time of occupation by Japan to +# 1942-08-29/1945-09-08 by using dates from: +#https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_occupation_of_Nauru
Regarding the correctness of these dates, wikipedia does not even agree with the sources it quotes in the same page: • Nancy J Pollock: "Naruans during World War II". online at [https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu], says on p 93: "The Japanese formally took possession of the island on 26 August 1942, raised their flag in place of the Union Jack, began to build military installations, and ..." • "History of Nauru during Second World war" in "Pacific Magazine" Honolulu, online at [https://web.archive.org/web/20120208125727/http://166.122.164.43/archive/200...] says: "Although they were expected sooner, a force of 300 Japanese landed on Nauru on August 26, 1942, and immediately rounded up the remaining Europeans and made them prisoners." Michael Deckers.