In the early 1900s the majority of the island wer controlled by this 4 country as part of their expansionist foreign policy in the mid century some of this countries gained independece (i.e philipines in 1946). Some examples of islands under control of this countries are: Tuvalu (great britain), The Philippines were conquered by the US in 1898 and occupied by Japan until 1945, french polynesia (france)
