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== Modern history ==

=== Period of external control (1944–2024) ===
Narevaku, including Tanoa, was occupied by [[Japan]] during the Second World War. When Jan Paap's expedition arrived in August 1944, he entered a tactical alliance with the Japanese occupation forces and fought alongside them against the [[United States Marine Corps|United States Marines]]. Glöbberist intermediaries later arranged a secret armistice covering the country. Japan ended its formal occupation of Narevaku, while the United States ended direct operations against Paap without recognizing his regime. Some Japanese military personnel and specialists remained in the islands and entered Tanoan service.

The conquest began with brutal violence against indigenous Narevakans. The Argentine Einsatz expedition landed on Ravi-Ta on 9 August 1944, where Paap forced native inhabitants to construct the first barracks and command facilities. His forces crossed to the main island and suppressed resistance at [[Nasua]] before enslaving the surviving inhabitants. The advance continued through [[Momea]] and [[La Rochelle]], where Paap imposed reproductive coercion on adult native captives. He later ordered [[Savu]] burned. At [[Saint-Paul]] and [[Petit Nicolet]], inhabitants who resisted were shot or enslaved.

After securing the Northern Division, the Tanoa Einsatzgruppen rapidly extended its campaign across the rest of Narevaku. Its forces captured the national capital at [[La Roche]] and brought the Central, Eastern and Southern divisions under the regime before the end of 1944. Georgetown replaced La Roche as the seat of the new state.

Tanoa and Japan maintained covert relations after the Japanese surrender in 1945. These contacts included Japanese Glöbberists, veterans, commercial intermediaries and personnel already serving the Tanoa Einsatzgruppen. The relationship became a formal alliance after Japan regained sovereignty in 1952.

Forced labor remained central to construction and resource extraction under the Tanoa Einsatzgruppen. Native Narevakans were subjected to land seizures, movement controls and racial registration. The regime later operated detention sites including the [[Mont Tanoa concentration camp]], where native civilians were forced to work in volcanic mines.

=== Collapse and stabilization (2024–present) ===
The [[Tanoa Einsatzgruppen]] ceased to function as an organized state entity on 30 November '''2024'''. Fragmentation and localized conflict continued into '''2025''', but no successor paramilitary structure succeeded in asserting island-wide dominance.

By the late 2020s, Tanoa transitioned into a stable condition marked by the absence of organized warfare, the reopening of controlled maritime access, and the normalization of internal administration.