1942: 6,000 US Troops Occupy Wallis and Futuna Islands, Leaving Equipment Strewn Across the Island After Departure in 1948
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"Unfortunately, when the Americans left at the end of the war, much of their military machinery was dumped into the volcanic crater lakes"

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1948: D.F. Malan Elected Prime Minister of South Africa, Implements Apartheid Using US Jim Crow Laws as Model
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1948Daniel François Malan is elected as Prime Minister of South Africa. He later goes on to implement Apartheid.

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