The entry of Japan into the war on the side of the Axis Powers prompted the construction of a new naval base on Salisbury Island, in the process the island was linked to the mainland by a causeway and the level of the land was raised three metres.
The entry of Japan into the Second World War on the side of the Axis Powers prompted the construction of a new naval base on Salisbury Island. In the process of this construction the island was linked to the mainland by a causeway and the level of the land was raised three metres.